What is a jar file?

A jar file is a Java Archive.

A jar file is a collection of class files.

The jar file standard is based upon PKZip. In fact, you can open .jar files with a normal unzip program!

A jar archive should contain a file called Manifest.mf which tells the Java Virtual Machine which class file contains the main method.




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