JAR version control

Question

Hi all,

Can i generate jar from eclipse with version number for the jar created newly for every jar export?

Regards,

magggi.

Answer 1

yes, you will probably want to use ant and do some token replacements in the jar filename.

Answer 2

One way is to run a build script from Eclipse. If you use ant, check out these tasks:

• buildnumber to increment a build number held in a file.
• copy with a filterset to replace version tokens in MANIFEST.MF
• jar to jar the filtered manifest, classes, resources etc.

Answer 3

You could create your own Eclipse builder for the project that kicks off an ANT script.