Include java libraries into own library

Question

I created a little framework for myself which I want to use in multiple projects. I also want the distributed jar-file to include all external libraries so that my projects just

Answer 1

The standard classloader can't find class files inside a jar that is itself inside a jar. You must add every jar to the classpath, and not nest jars.

BTW, it would probably be a bad idea to allow nesting jars: you would end up with 6 or seven versions of commons-lang or log4j into every project, because many libraries depend on them.