Manifest file: line too long error

[nn12]

When I try creating a jar file using eclipse which has a manifest file in it with a long list of jar files, I get an error saying line too long.

Can you tell me how to get this working:


Here is the list of jars files>>

Class-Path: activation.jar antlr-2.7.6.jar aopalliance.jar aspectjrt.jar aspectjweaver.jar cglib-nodep-2.1_3.jar common-annotations.jar commons-collections-3.2.jar commons-dbcp-all-1.3.jar commons-lang-2.2.jar commons-logging.jar dom4j-1.6.1.jar hibernate3.jar hibernate-annotations.jar hibernate-commons-annotations.jar hibernate-entitymanager.jar jta-1.1.jar junit-4.4.jar log4j-1.2.15.jar mail.jar ojdbc14.jar org.springframework.asm-3.0.4.RELEASE.jar org.springframework.beans-3.0.4.RELEASE.jar org.springframework.context-3.0.4.RELEASE.jar org.springframework.context.support-3.0.4.RELEASE.jar org.springframework.core-3.0.4.RELEASE.jar org.springframework.jdbc-3.0.4.RELEASE.jar org.springframework.orm-3.0.4.RELEASE.jar org.springframework.transaction-3.0.4.RELEASE.jar persistence.jar slf4j-api-1.5.5.jar slf4j-log4j12-1.5.0.jar velocity-1.6.4.jar velocity-1.6.4-dep.jar velocity-tools-2.0.jar org.springframework.expression-3.0.4.RELEASE.jar org.springframework.aop-3.0.4.RELEASE.jar org.springframework.aspects-3.0.4.RELEASE.jar

[JosAH]

Straight from the manifest specification:

No line may be longer than 72 bytes (not characters), in its UTF8-encoded form. If a value would make the initial line longer than this, it should be continued on extra lines (each starting with a single SPACE).

kind regards,

Jos

[nn12]

Thanks Jos for your feedback. I trimmed the lines and was able to successfully export the jar file.

Now when I execute the jar file, I get the following error.
D:\emailer>java -jar test.jar
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org.springframework.c
ontext.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext
at com.abc.gip.mailer.Mailer.main(Mailer.java:17)

Here is my code

public class Mailer {
	
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		ClassPathXmlApplicationContext mailerBeanFactory =  
			new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("applicationContext.xml");
		UsageService usageService = (UsageService)mailerBeanFactory.getBean("usageService");
		MailService mailAgent = (MailService)mailerBeanFactory.getBean("mailService");
		Calendar thisMonth = Calendar.getInstance();
		Date toDate = DateUtils.truncate(thisMonth.getTime(), Calendar.MONTH);
		Calendar lastMonth = thisMonth;
		lastMonth.add(Calendar.MONTH, -1);
		Date fromDate = DateUtils.truncate(lastMonth.getTime(), Calendar.MONTH);
		mailAgent.sendMail(usageService.getUniqueUsages(fromDate, toDate));
	}

}

and here is the manifest file

Manifest-Version: 1.0
Class-Path: lib/activation.jar lib/antlr-2.7.6.jar lib/aopalliance.jar
lib/aspectjrt.jar lib/aspectjweaver.jar lib/cglib-nodep-2.1_3.jar lib
/common-annotations.jar lib/commons-collections-3.2.jar lib/commons-d
bcp-all-1.3.jar lib/commons-lang-2.2.jar lib/commons-logging.jar lib/
dom4j-1.6.1.jar lib/hibernate3.jar lib/hibernate-annotations.jar lib/
hibernate-commons-annotations.jar lib/hibernate-entitymanager.jar lib
/jta-1.1.jar lib/junit-4.4.jar lib/log4j-1.2.15.jar lib/mail.jar lib/
ojdbc14.jar lib/org.springframework.asm-3.0.4.RELEASE.jar lib/org.spr
ingframework.beans-3.0.4.RELEASE.jar lib/org.springframework.context-
3.0.4.RELEASE.jar lib/org.springframework.context.support-3.0.4.RELEA
SE.jar lib/org.springframework.core-3.0.4.RELEASE.jar lib/org.springf
ramework.jdbc-3.0.4.RELEASE.jar lib/org.springframework.orm-3.0.4.REL
EASE.jar lib/org.springframework.transaction-3.0.4.RELEASE.jar lib/pe
rsistence.jar lib/slf4j-api-1.5.5.jar lib/slf4j-log4j12-1.5.0.jar lib
/velocity-1.6.4.jar lib/velocity-1.6.4-dep.jar lib/velocity-tools-2.0
.jar lib/org.springframework.expression-3.0.4.RELEASE.jar lib/org.spr
ingframework.aop-3.0.4.RELEASE.jar lib/org.springframework.aspects-3.
0.4.RELEASE.jar
Main-Class: com.abc.gip.mailer.Mailer

[Tolls]

Does the jar with that class exist in the Manifest?
(regarding that, why split int he middle of file names? Why not simply put each jar on its own line (starting with a space)).

Does the jar exist in <path to your jar>/lib/<spring jar file>?

[nn12]

Yes. Its referring to org.springframework.context-3.0.4.RELEASE.jar file which is present in the manifest run. Split in the file names is added by the eclipse tool only.

Here is the basic structure of my jar file

+-test.jar
|-+-META-INF
|-|----Manifest.mf
|-+-com
|-|-+-package
|-|-|----My java files
|-+-lib
|-|-+-All jar files

[JosAH]

Does the jar with that class exist in the Manifest?
(regarding that, why split int he middle of file names? Why not simply put each jar on its own line (starting with a space)).

Yep, what Tolls said.

kind regards,

Jos

[Tolls]

You can't stick jars in jars.

[nn12]

I got this to work by just placing all the jars under lib folder created at the same level from where I was trying to run the jar file

[Tolls]

Yep.
Which is where you manifest is telling the JVM to find them.

[Tolls]

Bah!
Double post!

[nn12]

Earlier I had all the jars placed inside /lib folder inside my test.jar which did not work. So I copied over all the external jars to my working folder too