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 am not sure if there a direct solution for your requirement. I would recommend to explode the jar to some temp directory and then remove unwanted class files. Finally create a new jar with required class files.

Reference links:

http://ant.apache.org/manual/Tasks/unzip.html

http://ant.apache.org/manual/Tasks/delete.html

http://ant.apache.org/manual/Tasks/jar.html