Re: Jar Target

Hi Chris,

I will try to answer your question since I am the new owner of 
jarpackager module now :-(. Please keep in mind that I don't know much 
about the module yet so my answer probably will not be really useful.

Chris Webster wrote:

>
> Assume a user creates a java project where there should be two outputs 
> one containing the implementation and the other containing the 
> interfaces. Also, assume that the compiled classes build step must be 
> preceeded by a build step which generates interfaces based on the 
> implementation classes.
>
> com
>   xyz
>      Impl.class
>      Interface.class (generated from Impl during build)
>
> Will the jar target support the ability to filter the single compiled 
> classes to produce the jar files below (please describe how one would 
> do this through the user interface and java interface)?

IMO this will be possible when you manually set up jar filters. In 
generall you can define the contents of jar archive on the files level 
(there is some UI showing the tree of sources and built class files 
accompanied by checkboxes allowing you to select what exactly you want 
to pack in the jar. For details see the 
http://jarpackager.netbeans.org/UISpec.html (Contenets customization 
Editor).

I don't kown how to do this using jarpackager API, but there seems to be 
promising page on 
http://www.netbeans.org/download/prj40_prototype/javadoc/JarpackagerAPI/index.html 
(find the link to 'specify the contents of jars').

-vita