Are you sure that documentation wasn't talking about applets? I've run executable jars with Class-Path manifest entries referencing the filesystem many times.
Paul berndq wrote: > > SingleShot wrote: >> I am building an executable JAR that depends on a handful of other JARs >> and a >> few config files being on the classpath. I want the config files to be >> editable by the end user, so did not add them as internal JAR resources. >> I've configured the maven-jar-plugin to generate a manifest and add the >> dependencies to its classpath (and create a mainclass entry), but cannot >> figure out how to configure it to add my config directory (containing the >> config files) to the classpath. >> >> Is it possible to add a directory to the classpath of a Maven-generated >> Manifest? > > Hi, > > I had exactly the same problem. This is not a maven but a (sun?) Java > problem: > > Executable jars use a classloader that can only load resources/classes > from other jars and not from the file system. I found this documented > somewhere under java.sun.com. > > > So I had to stop using executable jars :-( > > best regards > Bernd > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Add-Directory-to-Jar-Manifest-Classpath-tf2504507.html#a7019847 Sent from the Maven - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
