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JAR files (was Re: XML and Objects)

  • From: Leonard Rosenthol <leonardr@A...>
  • To: Chris Hubick <maillist@c...>, xml-dev@i...
  • Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 16:31:26 -0400

xml.jar
At 1:23 AM +0000 9/29/98, Chris Hubick wrote:
>> The Java ARchive (JAR) format has manifests at the very beginning,
>> so that the correct digital signatures can be computed during download.
>
>	A JAR file is a Zip file.
>
	Actually, no they aren't.

	If you read the JAR specification, the actual format of the archive 
is NOT specified.  Only the existance of the manifest file & directory and 
it's content.

	It is only by existing usage that currently available .jar files 
happen to use the ZIP archiving format.


Leonard
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