Right from day one, the standard format for packaging Java programs was the Java ARchive, or JAR file for short. There's nothing particularly interesting about a JAR file. At its heart, it's simply a ...

When Java applications are deployed, all of the files that constitute the Java app are compressed and packaged into a single file. While compressed files are typically given a .zip extension, the Java ...

The Javadoc documentation for the Package class states: Package objects contain version information about the implementation and specification of a Java package. This versioning information is ...

I have touched on several subjects in individual posts prior to this one that now come together in this single post. These subjects include use of File.deleteOnExit() in Groovy, creation of temporary ...