How to deliver my Java application with a particular JRE?

Question

Does somebody know how to pack a particular JRE together with a compiled Java application? I currently have an executable jar file and wish to put JRE 6 Update 31 in it. So

Answer 1

A rather new solution, provided by Oracle, is here:

Self contained packaging

It reads:

Self-contained application packages provide the following benefits:

• Users install the application with an installer that is familiar to them and launch it in the usual way.

• You control the version of the JRE used by the application.

• Applications can be deployed on fresh systems with no requirement for the JRE to be installed.

But a drawback of this approach is:

Self-contained application packages can only be built using JDK 7 Update 6 or later.