Python: How can I execute a jar file through a python script

Question

I have been looking for an answer for how to execute a java jar file through python and after looking at:

Execute .jar from Python

How can I get my python (v

Answer 1

With args: concrete example using Closure Compiler (https://developers.google.com/closure/) from python

import os
import re
src = test.js
os.execlp("java", 'blablabla', "-jar", './closure_compiler.jar', '--js', src, '--js_output_file',  '{}'.format(re.sub('.js$', '.comp.js', src)))

(also see here When using os.execlp, why `python` needs `python` as argv[0])