Arrangement of jar containing main class

Hello all,
usually it is required, that that jar file (let me call it "main jar"), which contains the main class (by which the application is entered), has to be the first jar in the order of the jar files within <resources> of the jnlp file.
Now if a patch of the "main jar" is created which doesn't contain the main class, where has this patch jar to be arranged in the jnlp file? Because it is a patch jar, usually it must be arranged in front of this main jar, that it is read before the main jar to load the patched class correctly. On the other hand it is required, that the jar with the main class has to be the first ...
Therefore again: Where has that patch jar, described, to be arranged?
Thanks for all good advices.
Thomas

The main jar does not need to be first, if you explicitly add the argument main="true":
<jar href="jar2.jar"/>
<jar href="jar1patch.jar" />
<jar href="jar1.jar" main="true"/>
the first jar is used as main only if there is no jar listed with main="true".
/Andy

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