How to run a .jar file from inside another java program?

Question

i have a .jar file, which I can run on the command line:

java -jar myFile.jar argument1

I want to save the output of this .jar as a String vari

Answer 1

Being a Jar file, you can add it to your class path and call the functionality of the program your self. You might need to know more about the logic behind the Jar to use it without having it output the information..

I believe what you are looking for is how to shell execute the Jar archive. An example can be found here.