How to initiate my Hibernate Config form a Jar?

Manifest lokks like:
Manifest-Version: 1.0
Main-Class: javaapplication.NameJavaApplication
Class-Path: lib/ant-antlr-1.6.5.jar;lib/antlr-2.7.5H3.jar;lib/asm-attrs.jar;lib/asm.jar;lib/cglib-2.1.2.jar;lib/commons-collections-2.1.1.jar;lib/commons-logging-1.0.4.jar;lib/dom4j-1.6.1.jar;lib/ehcache-1.1.jar;lib/hibernate3.jar;lib/jta.jar;lib/log4j-1.2.11.jar;lib/mysql-connector-java-3.0.15-ga-bin.jar

... looks like string goot cut off in prev message.

Que!!
Chopped of again:
Manifest-Version: 1.0
Main-Class: javaapplication.NameJavaApplication
Class-Path: lib/ant-antlr-1.6.5.jar;lib/antlr-2.7.5H3.jar;lib/asm-attrs.jar;lib/asm.jar;
lib/cglib-2.1.2.jar;lib/commons-collections-2.1.1.jar;lib/commons-logging-1.0.4.jar;lib/dom4j-1.6.1.jar;
lib/ehcache-1.1.jar;lib/hibernate3.jar;lib/jta.jar;lib/log4j-1.2.11.jar;
lib/mysql-connector-java-3.0.15-ga-bin.jar

Jeg mener at du bruger mellemrum og ikke semikolon i class-path i manifest !

I think you use space and not semicolon in class-path in manifest !

Hello!

Thanks for your reply.
Unfortenately I did not mange to fix it.
The Manifest looks like:

Manifest-Version: 1.0
Main-Class: javaapplication.NameJavaApplication
Class-Path: lib\ant-antlr-1.6.5.jar lib\antlr-2.7.5H3.jar ...

I have also tried "/" instead of "\".

So if you got any ideas please let me know.

Correct me if I am wrong when I say that you should be able to have jars in jars, and load classes from them during runtime?

Best regards
Fredrik

space is correct

/ should work

\ may work

make sure that you have a newline after the last jar file

A bit of studying reveals that there is a 70 or 72 character limit on jar file manifest lines.

Try split before 70 characters and start with a space at the next line.

Hello!

My conclusion is that you can not create an app in a jar that depends on other jars inside this jar.

Instead it looks like I have to unzip all my other jars and pack the class files in them together with my own classes.

In my small app I created an ant build script:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<project name="hibernatetest" default="jar" basedir=".">

    <target name="unjar">
        <unzip src="lib/*.jar" dest="bin/"/>
        <unzip src="lib/antlr-2.7.5H3.jar" dest="bin/"/>
        <unzip src="lib/asm-attrs.jar" dest="bin/"/>
        <unzip src="lib/asm.jar" dest="bin/"/>
        <unzip src="lib/cglib-2.1.2.jar" dest="bin/"/>
        <unzip src="lib/commons-collections-2.1.1.jar" dest="bin/"/>
        <unzip src="lib/commons-logging-1.0.4.jar" dest="bin/"/>
        <unzip src="lib/dom4j-1.6.1.jar" dest="bin/"/>
        <unzip src="lib/ehcache-1.1.jar" dest="bin/"/>
        <unzip src="lib/hibernate3.jar" dest="bin/"/>
        <unzip src="lib/jta.jar" dest="bin/"/>
        <unzip src="lib/log4j-1.2.11.jar" dest="bin/"/>
        <unzip src="lib/mysql-connector-java-3.0.15-ga-bin.jar" dest="bin/"/>
    </target>
   
    <target name="jar" depends="unjar">
        <jar destfile="hibernatetest.jar" basedir="bin/">
            <manifest>
                  <attribute name="Main-Class" value="javaapplication.NameJavaApplication"/>
            </manifest>
        </jar>
    </target>
       
</project>

Now I can move the hibernatetest.jar to any other location and run it with:
java -jar hibernatetest4.jar

I would love to be proven wrong, beacuse I do not think it looks great. I would feel much better if I could establish the same from Eclipse but with jars in jars.

BTW
I do feel that you should have the poinst Arne!

Best regards
Fredrik

Ugh.

No - you can not have jar files inside a jar file (with standard classloader).

I thougth lib/xxx.jar was an external file ...

I missed the last question 04/12-2007 21:06:15 !

Hello Arne!

Thanks alot for your time and answers! I always learn alot from you!

I do insists that you should have the points. So please leave an "answer" so I can reward you!

Best regards
Fredrik

ok