com.sun.jini.tool
Class JarWrapper

java.lang.Object
  com.sun.jini.tool.JarWrapper

public class JarWrapper
extends Object

A tool for generating "wrapper" JAR files. A wrapper JAR file contains a Class-Path manifest attribute listing a group of JAR files to be loaded from a common codebase. It may also, depending on applicability and selected options, contain a JAR index file, a preferred class list and/or a Main-Class manifest entry for the grouped JAR files.

The following items are discussed below:

• Applicability
• Using the Tool
• Logging
• Processing Options

Applicability

The JarWrapper tool is applicable in the following deployment situations, which may overlap:

• If a codebase contains multiple JAR files which declare preferred resources, JarWrapper can be used to produce a wrapper JAR file with a combined preferred list. Preferred resources are described in the documentation for the net.jini.loader.pref package.

• If a codebase contains multiple JAR files and requires integrity protection, JarWrapper can be used to produce a wrapper JAR file with a Class-Path attribute that uses HTTPMD URLs. HTTPMD URLs are described in the documentation for the net.jini.url.httpmd package.

• If an application or service packaged as an executable JAR file refers to classes specified at deployment time (e.g., via a Configuration) which are not present in the JAR file or its Class-Path, JarWrapper can be used to produce a wrapper JAR file which includes the extra classes in its Class-Path while retaining the original Main-Class declaration; the wrapper JAR file can then be executed in place of the original JAR file.

Using the Tool

JarWrapper can be run directly from the command line or can be invoked programmatically using the wrap method.

To run the tool on UNIX platforms:

 java -jar jsk_install_dir/lib/jarwrapper.jar processing_options
 

To run the tool on Microsoft Windows platforms:

 java -jar jsk_install_dir\lib\jarwrapper.jar processing_options
 

A more specific example with options for running directly from a Unix command line might be:

 % java -jar install_dir/lib/jarwrapper.jar \
        -httpmd=SHA-1 wrapper.jar base_dir src1.jar src2.jar
 

where jsk_install_dir is the directory where the starter kit is installed. This command line would result in the creation of a wrapper JAR file, wrapper.jar, in the current working directory, whose contents would be based on the source JAR files src1.jar and src2.jar (as well as any other JAR files referenced transitively through their Class-Path attributes or JAR indexes). The paths for src1.jar and src2.jar, as well as any transitively referenced JAR files, would be resolved relative to the base_dir directory. The Class-Path attribute of wrapper.jar would use HTTPMD URLs with SHA-1 digests.

The equivalent programmatic invocation of JarWrapper would be:

 JarWrapper.wrap("wrapper.jar", "base_dir", new String[]{ "src1.jar", "src2.jar" }, "SHA-1", true, "manifest.mf" );
 

Logging

JarWrapper uses the Logger named com.sun.jini.tool.JarWrapper to log information at the following logging levels:

com.sun.jini.tool.JarWrapper

Level	Description
WARNING	Generated JAR index entries that do not end in ".jar"
FINE	Names of processed source JAR files and output wrapper JAR file
FINER	Processing of Main-Class and Class-Path attributes, and presence of preferred lists and JAR indexes
FINEST	Processing and compilation of preferred lists and JAR indexes

Since:

2.0

Author:

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Method Summary

static void	main(String[] args) Generates a wrapper JAR file for the specified JAR files.
static void	wrap(String destJar, String baseDir, String[] srcJars, String httpmdAlg, boolean index) Invokes wrap with the provided values and a null manifest.
static void	wrap(String destJar, String baseDir, String[] srcJars, String httpmdAlg, boolean index, Manifest mf) Generates a wrapper JAR file based on the provided values in the same manner as described in the documentation for main(java.lang.String[]).

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

main

public static void main(String[] args)

Generates a wrapper JAR file for the specified JAR files. The command line arguments are:

 [ options ] dest-jar base-dir src-jar [ src-jar ...]
 

The dest-jar argument specifies the name of the wrapper JAR file to generate. The base-dir argument specifies the base directory from which to locate source JAR files to wrap. The src-jar arguments are non-absolute URLs to "top-level" source JAR files relative to base-dir; they also constitute the basis of the Class-Path attribute included in the generated wrapper JAR file. JAR files not present in the command line but indirectly referenced via JAR index or Class-Path entries in source JAR files will themselves be used as source JAR files, and will appear alongside the top-level source JAR files in the Class-Path attribute of the wrapper JAR file in depth-first order, with JAR index references appearing before Class-Path references. This utility does not modify any source JAR files.

If any of the top-level source JAR files contain preferred resources (as indicated by a preferred list in the JAR file), then a preferred list describing resource preferences across all source JAR files will be included in the wrapper JAR file. The preferred list of a top-level source JAR file is interpreted as applying to that JAR file along with all JAR files transitively referenced by it through JAR index or Class-Path entries, excluding JAR files that have already been encountered in the processing of preceding top-level JAR files. If a given top-level source JAR file does not contain a preferred list, then all resources contained in it and its transitively referenced JAR files (again, excluding those previously encountered) are considered not preferred. Preferred lists are described further in the documentation for PreferredClassLoader.

If any of the top-level source JAR files declare a Main-Class manifest entry, then the wrapper JAR file will include a Main-Class manifest entry whose value is that of the first top-level source JAR file listed on the command line which defines a Main-Class entry.

Note that attribute values generated by this utility, such as those for the Class-Path and Main-Class attributes described above, do not take precedence over values for the same attributes contained in a manifest file explicitly specified using the -manifest option (described below).

Supported options for this tool include:

-verbose

Sets the level of the com.sun.jini.tool.JarWrapper logger to Level.FINER.

-httpmd[=algorithm]

Use (relative) HTTPMD URLs in the Class-Path attribute of the generated wrapper JAR file. The default is to use HTTP URLs. Digests for HTTPMD URLs are calculated using the given algorithm, or SHA-1 if none is specified.

-noindex

Do not include a JAR index in the generated wrapper JAR file. The default is to compile an index based on the contents of the source JAR files.

-manifest=file

Specifies a manifest file containing attribute values to include in the manifest file inside the generated wrapper JAR file. This allows enables users to add additional metadata or override JarWrapper's generated values to customize the resulting manifest. The values contained in this optional file take precedence over the generated content. This flag is conceptually similar to the jar utilities m flag. In the current version there are four possible attributes that can be overridden in the target Manifest. These are Name.MANIFEST_VERSION, Name("Created-By"), Name.CLASS_PATH and Name.MAIN_CLASS. Any additonal attributes beyond these four will be appended to the manifest attribute list and will appear in the resultant MANIFEST.MF file.

wrap

public static void wrap(String destJar,
                        String baseDir,
                        String[] srcJars,
                        String httpmdAlg,
                        boolean index)
                 throws IOException

Invokes wrap with the provided values and a null manifest.

Parameters:

destJar - name of the wrapper JAR file to generate

baseDir - base directory from which to locate source JAR files to wrap

srcJars - list of top-level source JAR files to process

httpmdAlg - name of algorithm to use for generating HTTPMD URLs, or null if plain HTTP URLs should be used

index - if true, generate a JAR index; if false, do not generate one

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs while processing source JAR files or generating the wrapper JAR file

IllegalArgumentException - if the provided values are invalid

NullPointerException - if destJar, baseDir, srcJars, or any element of srcJars is null

wrap

public static void wrap(String destJar,
                        String baseDir,
                        String[] srcJars,
                        String httpmdAlg,
                        boolean index,
                        Manifest mf)
                 throws IOException

Generates a wrapper JAR file based on the provided values in the same manner as described in the documentation for main(java.lang.String[]). The only difference between this method and main is that it receives its values as explicit arguments instead of in a command line, and indicates failure by throwing an exception.

Parameters:

destJar - name of the wrapper JAR file to generate

baseDir - base directory from which to locate source JAR files to wrap

srcJars - list of top-level source JAR files to process

httpmdAlg - name of algorithm to use for generating HTTPMD URLs, or null if plain HTTP URLs should be used

index - if true, generate a JAR index; if false, do not generate one

mf - manifest containing values to include in the manifest file of the generated wrapper JAR file

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs while processing source JAR files or generating the wrapper JAR file

IllegalArgumentException - if the provided values are invalid

NullPointerException - if destJar, baseDir, srcJars, or any element of srcJars is null

Since:

2.1