java - How to run a JAR file - Stack Overflow Follow this answer, if you've got a jar file, and you need to run it See troubleshooting sections for hints to solve most common errors Introduction There are several ways to run java application: java -jar myjar jar - is the default option to run application java -cp my-class-path my-main-class or java -classpath my-class-path my-main-class java --module-path my-module-path --module my-module
java - What exactly does a jar file contain? - Stack Overflow A jar file is basically a zip file containing class files and potentially other resources (and metadata about the jar itself) It's hard to compare C to Java really, as Java byte code maintains a lot more metadata than most binary formats - but the class file is compiled code instead of source code
java - Viewing contents of a . jar file - Stack Overflow jar -xvf file_name jar this will unzip jar file put the content in same directory where you are running this Or in Windows rename jar file to zip then you can unzip to extract view the content of jar file As jar is internally a zip file
java - How to list dependencies of a JAR - Stack Overflow JarAnalyzer: a dependency management utility for jar files It's primary purpose is to traverse through a directory, parse each of the jar files in that directory, and identify the dependencies between the jar files The output is an xml file representing the PhysicalDependencies between the jar files For more information on PhysicalDependencies, including a variety of design patterns, check