If one needs to distribute only one jar without dist/lib jars, the
following ant script segment should be inserted after the line <import
file = "nbproject/build-impl.xml" /> in the project build.xml:
<!--
This is original "Fat JARs out of NetBeans" for NetBeans 6.8 link:
https://busyprogrammer.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/fat-jars-out-of-netbeans/
For newer Netbeans it is necessary to change:
<target
depends="init,compile,-pre-pre-jar,-pre-jar,-unjar-and-copy-lib-jars"
name="fat-jar">
into
<target depends="-do-jar,-unjar-and-copy-lib-jars" name="fat-jar">
-->
<target name="-unjar-and-copy-lib-jars">
<!--
If the ant reports you a 'Cannot fix dependencies for:' message,
the following 2 lines allow you to overcome the jar problem
that is in the message:
<copy file="problematic.jar" todir="dist/lib" overwrite="true"/>
<echo level="info">Copied problematic.jar to dist/lib</echo>
-->
<unjar dest="${build.classes.dir}">
<fileset dir="dist/lib">
<include name="**/*.jar"/>
</fileset>
<patternset>
<exclude name="META-INF/**"/>
<exclude name="/*"/>
</patternset>
</unjar>
</target>
<target depends="-do-jar,-unjar-and-copy-lib-jars" name="fat-jar">
<property location="${build.classes.dir}"
name="build.classes.dir.resolved"/>
<jar destfile="${dist.jar}">
<fileset dir="${build.classes.dir}"/>
<manifest>
<attribute name="Main-Class" value="${main.class}"/>
</manifest>
</jar>
<echo>To run this application from the command line without Ant,
try:</echo>
<property location="${dist.jar}" name="dist.jar.resolved"/>
<echo>java -jar "${dist.jar.resolved}"</echo>
</target>
<target depends="clean,fat-jar" name="clean-and-fat-jar"/>
The inserted targets are called as follows:
Files-> build.xml-> Run Target-> Other Targets-> clean-and-fat-jar
or
Files-> build.xml-> Run Target-> Other Targets-> fat-jar
The result of these targets is dist/${dist.jar} and as mentioned above,
only that jar is distributed.
Vladimir Kokovic, DP senior (69)
Serbia, Belgrade, March 26, 2020
