How to setup Main class in manifest file in jar produced by NetBeans project

Question

I have the following problem. I have a Java project in my NetBeans IDE 6.8. When I compile it and it produces a .jar file containing everything possible, the META-INF is not

Answer 1

The real problem is how Netbeans JARs its projects. The "Class-Path:" in the Manifest file is unnecessary when actually publishing your program for others to use. If you have an external Library added in Netbeans it acts as a package. I suggest you use a program like WINRAR to view the files within the jar and add your libraries as packages directly into the jar file.

How the inside of the jar file should look:

MyProject.jar

    Manifest.MF
         Main-Class: mainClassFolder.Mainclass

    mainClassFolder
         Mainclass.class

    packageFolder
         IamUselessWithoutMain.class