Just curious: Why don't you use the <manifest> task and the <manifestClassPath> task?
On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 3:02 AM, Garima Bathla<garima.bat...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Fellow memebers, > > I really need help , I have been stuck with same problem for few days now. > > Problem: > As we all know, manifest file syntax is very sensitive ( sensitive to > spaces, # of characters in a line, \n character). And I have learn it very > hard way that if Class-Path in a jar is not set as per the standards it will > be silently ignored. > > I am in the process of generating MANIFEST.MF file programmatically by > Extending Jar Task; I am almost there, but the class-path that Jar task > prints in the Manifest file isn't formatted correctly. > > *Code snippet:* > *String formattedManifestClassPath = "aaa.jar bbb.jar ccc.jar ddd.jar > eee.jar fff.jar ggg.jar hhh.jar iii.jar jjj.jar kkk.jar lll.jar mmm.jar > nnn.jar ooo.jar ppp.jar qqq.jar rrr.jar sss.jar ttt.jar uuu.jar vvv.jar > www.jar xxx.jar yyy.jar zzz.jar";* > ** > *Manifest.Attribute classpathAttribute = new > Manifest.Attribute(Manifest.ATTRIBUTE_CLASSPATH, > formattedManifestClassPath); > > * > *manifest.addConfiguredAttribute(classpathAttribute);* > > Now the problem is that the Class-Path in MANIFEST.MF file is generated as > > *Class-Path: aaa.jar bbb.jar ccc.jar ddd.jar eee.jar fff.jar ggg.jar hh* > * h.jar iii.jar jjj.jar kkk.jar lll.jar mmm.jar nnn.jar ooo.jar ppp.jar* > * qqq.jar rrr.jar sss.jar ttt.jar uuu.jar vvv.jar www.jar xxx.jar yyy.* > * jar zzz.jar* > * * > So if I run > > "java -jar generated.jar" > > Class-Path is being ignored, because it is not well formed (jar name hhh.jar > is split over 2 lines). How can I *generate class-path *in the correct > format? How do I set the String? Please note I am generating the classpath > programatically ( by extending the task and passing in the properties) > > I have tried inserting \n ( new line character after every jar entery), but > ManifestClasspath is still not correct as Jar task inserts a new line > character after every 71st character. > > formattedManifestClassPath = "aaa.jar \n bbb.jar \n ccc.jar \n ddd.jar \n > eee.jar \n fff.jar \n ggg.jar \n hhh.jar \n iii.jar \n jjj.jar \n kkk.jar \n > lll.jar \n mmm.jar \n nnn.jar \n ooo.jar \n ppp.jar \n qqq.jar \n rrr.jar \n > sss.jar \n ttt.jar \n uuu.jar \n vvv.jar \n www.jar \n xxx.jar \n yyy.jar \n > zzz.jar"; > > Any pointers if you know will be very helpful. Is it is a bug? > > Regards, > Garima. > -- David Weintraub qazw...@gmail.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org
