Working in JARS
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Working in JARS

·You run a program with java -jar JARNAME.JAR - a manifest.mf file in the jar tells JAVA which class to run.  
·Accessing text files requires a bang (!) - see Section on History.htm below  
· Accessing multiple jars locally requires entries in the manifest file - see Section on Running Locally below  
·Accessing multiple jars in JAWS uses JNLP and ignores the manifest. Both the primary class and multiple jars are described in the JNLP file, not the manifest.