InfoWorld

Java 9’s other new enhancements, Part 4: Multi-release JAR files

JEP 238: Multi-Release JAR Files extends the JAR file format to allow multiple, Java-release-specific versions of class/resource files to coexist in the same archive. This upgrade makes it easier for ...
Ars Technica

create jar(java archive) file without manifest file?

I know there's no practical purpose to this it's entirely theoretical. and I know a jar file uses the zip format. But how does one create a jar file without a manifest file. (I don't mean creating a ...
InfoWorld

Java Tip 120: Execute self-extracting JARs

For many years, Phil Katz’s archive creation, zip, has been one of the most popular file archiving formats. Sun has adopted the zip format as the basis for the Java Archive (JAR). Sun has extended the ...
TheServerSide

4 ways to upload a JAR to a JFrog Artifactory repository

If you're a software developer with POM files at the root of your project, you know a thing or two about obtaining files from a Maven repository. It's easy to pull from Maven central or the in-house ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft and VirusTotal Team Up to Detect Malicious Signed MSI Files

Microsoft and Chronicle's VirusTotal have teamed up to better detect signed MSI files that have been modified to include malicious Java archives. When a developer creates a piece of software they ...