Cross-platform portability

Hi all,
I'm building a custom ebook wrapper that I'd like to be able to deploy on any system. The issue is that I need to include the raw text file of the book in the jar file in order for the program to work and be self-contained. I don't want just anybody to be able to reach in and snag that file if they feel so inclined. The only way I've heard of to make a jar fully platform portable is to distribute it in a file with shell scripts specific to the major operating systems (Windows, Mac and Linux), but that leaves the jar contents vulnerable. Is there a way to lock or encrypt the jar file so keep the resource inside it safe, or is there a better way to do this altogether?
EDIT: I haven't gotten any replies, so I guess I'll try this in a more general sense--does anyone know if there's a way to encrypt a specific file in a JAR so the JVM can still read it, but it can't be easily read by someone extracting the jar file? That is, make the resource machine-readable, but not human-readable?
Thanks!
Jezzica85
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jezzica85

No, I don't know what Ant is. I use Eclipse 3.2.
So, if I encrypted the data, that would mean that the
person extracting the jar file couldn't read the text
file if they opened it, but they might be able to use
my java code to figure out how to decrypt it?
Thanks,
Jezzica85Yeh they might be able to. But that's always a risk. You have to ask yourself just how likely is it that will happen? Everyone starts off thinking the workl is out to nick their code and such-like, but they're usually wrong
If your users had to put in a password, and that password was involved in the encryption/decryption, that would be safer. Have an ask on the Cryptography board about it

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