The Java Extension Mechanism is described in the Java Tutorial as a “standard, scalable way to make custom APIs available to all applications running on the Java platform.” As described in ...

Right from day one, the standard format for packaging Java programs was the Java ARchive, or JAR file for short. There's nothing particularly interesting about a JAR file. At its heart, it's simply a ...

JEP 238: Multi-Release JAR Files extends the JAR file format to allow multiple, Java-release-specific versions of class/resource files to coexist in the same archive. This upgrade makes it easier for ...

I know there's no practical purpose to this it's entirely theoretical. and I know a jar file uses the zip format. But how does one create a jar file without a manifest file. (I don't mean creating a ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. To run Java apps, open JAR files or compile some source code into bytecode you’ll need to ...

Microsoft and Chronicle's VirusTotal have teamed up to better detect signed MSI files that have been modified to include malicious Java archives. When a developer creates a piece of software they ...