Access JAR File while running App with Java Web Start

Question

Hello guys,
I want to delpoy my application so that I can run it when I click on the appropriate button in a web page.
I have a Jar file for all the files that the app needs. No, not all of the files are included.
Indeed, I use JAR files such jdom.jar or postgres...jar that I must use in within my application.
How can I access these JAR files knowing that I can't point to files in a JAR file A from within a JAR file B, if the JAR file B contains the JAR file A?
The main JAR file that I put on the web server can be seen as the JAR file B and the other JAR files must be stored somewhere for the java classes within the main JAR file to have access to them.
I wonder whether there is another way to structure the project.
Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi Andrew.
I have followed your suggestions and here is what my .jnlp file look like:
<tt>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<jnlp spec="1.0+" codebase="http://localhost:8080/koedops" href="beta.jnlp">
     <information>
          <title>KOEDOPS</title>
          <vendor>Pr. Fischer</vendor>
          <homepage href="http://localhost:8080/" />
          <description>Downloading koedops with Java Web Start</description>
     </information>
     <resources>
          <j2se version="1.6+" />
          <jar href="beta.jar" main="true"/>
          <jar href="jcalendar-1.3.3.jar" />
          <jar href="jdom.jar" />
          <jar href="postgresql-8.4-701.jdbc4.jar" />
     </resources>
     <application-desc main-class="general.Application" />
</jnlp>               
</tt>
The three other jar-files reside in the same directory as the .jnlp file and the beta.jar file on the tomcat server.
When I launch the application though nothing happens upon the download. In contrast, if I change the main class to a class file that requires no extra library, it runs perfectly.
I can't be sure whether the jar-files are successfully accessed.
Regards.
Edmond