Package Jython app as JAR in Netbeans

Question

We are currently considering using Netbeans to develop a Jython application and I am in the process of evaluating Netbeans' features.

It appears that creating a Jython application is trivial in Netbeans once the Python and Jython modules are installed. Yet I couldn't find a feature which would let we wrap my Jython app as a JAR file with all its dependencies. Is this possible with Netbeans or with some other IDE or do I need to do this kind of packaging by hand?

Answer 1

Have you tried jump

http://pypi.python.org/pypi/jump/0.9.7.4

jump-Homepage

Features :

• Distributing Jython applications into a single, independent JAR file.
• Distributing Jython libraries into a single JAR file. [New in v0.9.5]
• Distributing native Mac OS X application bundles, Windows .exe executables, WAR files for Python WSGI applications. [New in v0.9.5]
• Distributing Java Only applications. [New in v0.9.6]
• Creating build.xml file for ant. [New in v0.9.7]
• Supporting Java source code and third-party JAR files.
• Supporting Java Native Interface files for distributing JAR files. [New in v0.9.5]
• Starting the created distribution from either Jython or Java code.
• Including specified resource files in the final distribution. [New in v0.9.6]
• Packaging only required Python packages into the final distribution automatically, which means you don't have to worry about using Python third-party libraries as long as they can be found in your sys.path.
• Importing specified Python packages explicitly. [New in v0.9.5]
• All Python modules included in the final distribution are compiled to $py.class files, which means your source code is not public.
• Integrated easy use Jython factory. [New in v0.9.7]

Quickstart-Guide

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There is also a info in the jython-wiki (not jump related)