Executable JAR ignores its own Class-Path attribute

Question

I used the instructions found at Maven - how can I add an arbitrary classpath entry to a jar to add an arbitrary entry to the Class-Path attribute. Here is my <

Answer 1

For those that may otherwise be unaware, the executable archive mechanism takes the manifest classpath and uses it to load classes external to the archive.

So if you are expecting a WAR with a manifest classpath of WEB-INF/classes to find classes in the WEB-INF/classes entry inside the archive then you will be disappointed.