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Editing A Jar File In Netbeans

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Started by Storyyeller January 10, 2011 06:59 PM

2 comments, last by Storyyeller 13 years, 4 months ago

Storyyeller

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January 10, 2011 06:59 PM

I have an open source jar file (it contains all the .java files as well as class files) which I am trying to edit. However, I can't figure out anyway to do it. Unfortunately, I don't understand anything about Ant scripts or building, so I use an IDE which hopefully hides away the confusing details.

I trust exceptions about as far as I can throw them.

Angex

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January 10, 2011 08:25 PM

You can think of a jar file like a zip file.

You simply need to extract the java files, make your modifications, then compile & export the class files back to a jar.

You can either rebuild all the classes, or just the ones you've modified.

Which IDE are you using?