| Working on Jar and Zip code using the NetBeans IDE | |
| This note is specific to working on jar and zip; much more information about | |
| working with this project and others is in ../README. | |
| This project allows developers to work on the Jar and Zip in java.util.jar and | |
| java.util.zip, as well as the jar tool itself in sun.tools.jar. The NetBeans | |
| project supports editing, building, testing, and debugging of this code. This | |
| is a make-based project, and involves compilation of native code. Some of | |
| this native code is provided by the JDK community, but the base zip library is | |
| from http://www.zlib.net. | |
| Please note: The most recent zlib is version 1.2.3. We are providing zlib | |
| version 1.1.3, modified to include security fixes that have been added since | |
| that release. | |
| Source code layout | |
| The jar tool depends on the jar library, which in turn depends on the zip | |
| library. This in turn depends on some native code, which in turn depends on | |
| the zlib library: | |
| sun.tools.jar depends on | |
| java.util.jar, which depends on | |
| java.util.zip, which depends on | |
| src/share/native/java/util/zip, which depends on | |
| src/share/native/java/util/zip/zlib-1.1.3. | |
| The project is set up to invoke make on the zip code first. This make target | |
| compile the native zip code, as well as the Java sources in java.util.zip. | |
| Subsequent invocations of make build java.util.jar, and then sun.tools.jar. | |
| Insofar as NetBeans use is concerned with Java code, most things you are used | |
| to. You can build the project. There are several regression tests included, | |
| run either as a group via Test Project or individually via Run File. | |
| Debugging is also supported, try Debug File. Since the jar tool needs command | |
| line parameters in order to do anything interesting, it is not hooked up to | |
| Run Project in NetBeans. |