Toplink.jar/manifest/issue

Question

Hello!
I need to read library-informations with ANT-Task jarlib-display.
I use Toplink 9.0.3 and it would be nice to have an useful toplink manifest - file with package specifications.
regards
Harald.

Answer 1

Hello Doug!
The optional ANT-Task "jarlib-display" delivers manifest-information of jar-files.
You can test it with the following ANT-Task (tested with ANT Version 1.5.4):
<!-- Task-Example to read library-information -->
<target name="libraryInfo" description="Displays the optional package and package specification information of jars">
<jarlib-display>
<fileset dir="${lib.dir}">
<include name="*.jar"/>
</fileset>
</jarlib-display>
</target>
Example ANT-Task for generating jar-file:
<!-- Target generates jar-file from compiled classes -->
<target name="distjar" depends="compile" description="Generates jar-file from compiled classes">
<jar jarfile="${jar.dir}/${jarfile}" compress="false">
<fileset dir="${build.classes.dir}" excludes="**/test/**" includes="**/*.class"/>
<manifest>
<attribute name="Extension-Name" value="${manifest.extension-name}"/>
<attribute name="Specification-Version" value="${project.version}.${build.number}"/>
<attribute name="Specification-Title" value="${manifest.title} "/>
<attribute name="Specification-Vendor" value="${manifest.vendor} "/>
<attribute name="Implementation-Version" value="${project.version}.${build.number}"/>
<attribute name="Implementation-Title" value="${manifest.title}"/>
<attribute name="Implementation-Vendor" value="${manifest.vendor} "/>
</manifest>
</jar>
</target>
Running "ant libraryInfo" on Apache "commons-collection.jar" the task prints this:
[jarlib-display] -------------------------------------------------------------
[jarlib-display] File: C:\DevProjects\FbProt\model\lib\commons-collections.jar
[jarlib-display] -------------------------------------------------------------
[jarlib-display] Extensions Supported By Library:
[jarlib-display] Extension-Name: org.apache.commons.collections
[jarlib-display] Specification-Version: 2.1.1
[jarlib-display] Specification-Vendor: Apache Software Foundation
[jarlib-display] Implementation-Version: 2.1.1
[jarlib-display] Implementation-Vendor: Apache Software Foundation
regards
Harald.