ant task to remove files from a jar

Question

How to write an ant task that removes files from a previously compiled JAR?

Let\'s say the files in my JAR are:

aaa/bbb/ccc/Class1
aaa/bbb/ccc/Class2         


        

Answer 1

I came here looking to use ant as a workaround some short comings in gradle unzip.

On the off chance someone else is in the same boat.

Here is an example:

    task antUnzip() << {

            ant.jar(destfile : "stripped.jar") {
                zipfileset (src : "full.jar", excludes : "files/to/exclude/**/*.file") {
                }
            }
}