import java.io.IOException; import java.net.URL; import java.net.MalformedURLException; import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException; /** * Runs a jar application from any url. Usage is 'java JarRunner url [args..]' * where url is the url of the jar file and args is optional arguments to * be passed to the application's main method. */ public class JarRunner { public static void main(String[] args) { if (args.length < 1) { usage(); } URL url = null; try { url = new URL(args[0]); } catch (MalformedURLException e) { fatal("Invalid URL: " + args[0]); } // Create the class loader for the application jar file JarClassLoader cl = new JarClassLoader(url); // Get the application's main class name String name = null; try { name = cl.getMainClassName(); } catch (IOException e) { System.err.println("I/O error while loading JAR file:"); e.printStackTrace(); System.exit(1); } if (name == null) { fatal("Specified jar file does not contain a 'Main-Class'" + " manifest attribute"); } // Get arguments for the application String[] newArgs = new String[args.length - 1]; System.arraycopy(args, 1, newArgs, 0, newArgs.length); // Invoke application's main class try { cl.invokeClass(name, newArgs); } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) { fatal("Class not found: " + name); } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) { fatal("Class does not define a 'main' method: " + name); } catch (InvocationTargetException e) { e.getTargetException().printStackTrace(); System.exit(1); } } private static void fatal(String s) { System.err.println(s); System.exit(1); } private static void usage() { fatal("Usage: java JarRunner url [args..]"); } }