I have a tool which packages to executable jar with optional manifest 
attributes. I was hoping to charge $1/user/month. I don’t know if that’s 
allowed here.

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> On Feb 16, 2022, at 11:55 AM, antonio <anto...@vieiro.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Adding the main class in MANIFEST.MF is not good enough to run a Maven 
> project with "java -jar". You also want to create a "fat jar" with all the 
> dependencies in it. See [1] for guidance.
> 
> > Is there a reason why Netbeans doesn't do it?
> 
> Here're some possible answers (of my own, doesn't mean NetBeans endorses 
> them):
> 
> a) I don't like my IDE to mess around with my pom.xml files but for very 
> specific things (adding dependencies, for instance).
> b) This is something users are expected to do.
> c) This is project-specific. Maven based Spring-Boot projects, for instance, 
> have a main class of their own. NetBeans Platform based projects do also have 
> a main class of their own.
> d) Nobody has created a PR for this feature.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Antonio
> 
> [1]
> https://www.baeldung.com/executable-jar-with-maven
> 
> 
>> El 16/2/22 a las 11:43, Vladimir Machat escribió:
>> Hi all,
>> I was just wondering, is Netbeans supposed to fill out the main attribute in 
>> MANIFEST.MF that goes to the jar file, when building Maven project?
>> At the moment it doesn't do it, which means that the resulting jar can't be 
>> executed just by
>> $ java -jar App.jar
>> I would expect Netbeans to set the main attribute when setting the main 
>> class either in the Project properties or when it asks you the very fist 
>> time you run the application in the IDE.
>> Is there a reason why Netbeans doesn't do it?
>> Thanks
>> Vlad
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