How Do I Automatically Generate A .jar File In An Eclipse Java Project

Question

I have an Eclipse Java project. It contains a folder named \"dist\". In that folder is a .jar file.

How can I set things up in this project to make sure th

Answer 1

You can define an Ant builder which runs a jar task to jar all the class files in the project (With "Refresh project upon completion" set.)

(See also "Customizing Builds for Your Eclipse Projects")

See IBM article: How and why to create custom Ant tasks