How to run a JAR file

Question

I created a JAR file like this:

jar cf Predit.jar *.*

I ran this JAR file by double clicking on it (it didn\'t work). So I ran it from the

Answer 1

If you don`t want to create a manifest just to run the jar file, you can reference the main-class directly from the command line when you run the jar file.

java -jar Predit.jar -classpath your.package.name.Test

This sets the which main-class to run in the jar file.