RE: Classpath Setting Using only Folders

If I'm not mistaken, the ability to specify a folder and have all the
jars in that folder be in the classpath is a feature of Java 6. Since
Scott is using Java 5, that feature isn't available to him.

I should also mention that I have nearly 50 jars in my application's
classpath. Is it out of hand? Yes it is, in the sense that I no longer
know for sure which of them are really necessary. But that would be just
as true if I could just throw them into a folder.

PC2

-----Original Message-----
From: java400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:java400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Neill Harper
Sent: April 20, 2009 09:01
To: 'Java Programming on and around the iSeries / AS400'
Subject: RE: Classpath Setting Using only Folders

There is no way that I know of, and it is something I have searched a
lot in the past. I didn't know you could do it on windows ( so my
searches obviously weren't very good)

The only way to get round it is cheat and extract the jars into a
folder.

However for long term supportability I suggest that you don't do this.



-----Original Message-----
From: java400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:java400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Scott Johnson
Sent: 20 April 2009 15:30
To: JAVA400-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Classpath Setting Using only Folders

Is it possible to specify the directory path to a folder containing
multiple jar files and not have to specify the jar files directly? This
is for calling Java stuff from within RPG on an i5 running jvm 1.5.

I have tried searching for good examples, but they all show specifying
the jar directly in the ClassPath. I have tested different scenarios
and none seem to work. The java guy here says that in the windows realm
they do something like: "C:\jardir\*;E:\morejars\*". Using '*' does not
work on i5.

When dealing with something like JasperReports, specifying all the jars
it uses gets out of hand. I would rather just specify the folder
containing the jars.

Examples I have tried:
/QIBM/UserData/Java400/ext/JasperReports
/QIBM/UserData/Java400/ext/JasperReports/
/QIBM/UserData/Java400/ext/JasperReports/*


Thanks,
Scott J