reading MANIFEST.MF file from jar file using JAVA

Question

Is there any way i can read the contents of a jar file. like i want to read the manifest file in order to find the creator of the jar file and version. Is there any way to a

Answer 1

You can use a utility class Manifests from jcabi-manifests:

final String value = Manifests.read("My-Version");

The class will find all MANIFEST.MF files available in classpath and read the attribute you're looking for from one of them. Also, read this: http://www.yegor256.com/2014/07/03/how-to-read-manifest-mf.html