Re: Classpath Setting Using only Folders

Hi Scott,

One possibility is the Extension Mechanism Architecture using the java.ext.dirs system property. If you do that, you should include the standard extension directory as well. See:

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/extensions/spec.html#installed


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----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Johnson" <sjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <JAVA400-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 10:30 AM
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