Re: Install Fat Jar plug-in to WDSC 7.0

[Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen <thunderaxiom@xxxxxxxxx>]

Brian Leathem skrev  den 18-06-2007 23:56:
> Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen wrote:
> > I'm using it on a daily basis.  You should use Help -> Software 
> > update to add the update site (WSDCi is Eclipse 3.2.2), and let it 
> > download and sort out the details itself.
> >
> > Right click on the java project and do a fatjar build.  Saving the 
> > settings give you a fatjar file which you can right-click and 
> > Fat-jar->Quick build to do it again.  I use a target similar to  
> > "\\as400\home\me\foobar.jar".
> >   
>
> Thanks, that worked like a charm!  What a great product, I wasted 
> hours figuring out how to unzip jars, and edit INF files before I 
> found this product.  Well, I guess it wasn't a complete waste, I do 
> have some sort of understanding of how it works now.  Nevertheless 
> it's Fat Jar for me from now on!

Please be aware that the classloader used is a bit memory hungry, so if 
you have large JAR's or only little memory the traditional JAR method is 
better.

Even though the WSDCi does not support remote run/debug for Java to the 
AS/400, you can manually set up an AS400 launch description pointing 
towards the JAR file both for running and debugging.  This works well 
(but starts VERY slowly).

After a long discussion pro and contra a while back, we decided against 
traditional jar's because having a single jar for a single deployment 
simplifies the record keeping immensely.  Especially if you include a 
version number/release date whatever in the filename.

Have fun - it has made our life easier :)