How can I add jars to the classpath when I invoke Jython *without* adding them to $CLASSPATH?

Question

I\'d like to do something similar to jython -cp FOO:BAR:BAZ argle.py.

If I add FOO, BAR, and BAZ to $CLASSP

Answer 1

jython command supports passing arguments through to the java command... So:

jython -J-cp JAR1:JAR2

You can verify the resulting command by adding --print switch:

jython -J-cp JAR1:JAR2 --print

The above will print out the actual java command instead of executing it.

Answer 2

You can use the -D option to set python.path:

jython -Dpython.path=FOO:BAR:BAZ argyle.py

Answer 3

java -cp JAR1:JAR2:jython.jar org.python.util.jython pythonScript.py works here, both on Linux and Macintosh. On Windows, swap the colons in the classpaths for semicolons and you should be golden.

Answer 4

You can create a big JAR which contains all related classes. The following ant snippet shows the idea:

<target name="jar">
    <mkdir dir="build/jar"/>
    <unjar src="lib/jython.jar" dest="${classes.dir}" />
    <unjar src="lib/FOO.jar" dest="${classes.dir}" />
    <unjar src="lib/BAR.jar" dest="${classes.dir}" />
    <unjar src="lib/BAZ.jar" dest="${classes.dir}" />

    <jar destfile="build/jar/bigjython.jar" basedir="${classes.dir}">
        <manifest>
            <attribute name="Main-Class" value="${main-class}"/>
        </manifest>
    </jar>
</target>