Run the jar tool without arguments to see its usage. You pass it the -M option to create a JAR without a manifest. You won't be able to run the JAR file with java -jar, but you will still be able ...

Packaging Java programs as JAR files. There's nothing particularly interesting about a JAR file. At its heart, it's simply a mechanism to compress multiple files. A JAR file uses exactly the same ...

Perhaps is has something to do with my long history of working with the WebSphere Application Server, but I’ve found myself favoring the WebSphere Liberty profile whenever the opportunity arises to ...