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Bug 222649

Summary:	Main class was not added to manifest
Product:	java	Reporter:	rafo <rafo>
Component:	Compiler	Assignee:	Dusan Balek <dbalek>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3
Version:	7.3
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 7 x64
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Exception Reporter:
Attachments:	Sample project that shows the bug

Description rafo 2012-11-23 10:09:10 UTC

Netbeans does not generate correct manifest file for a plain java project.

When my project has built, there is jar file generated. But its manifest file contains the following information.

****** Mainfest file start *****

Manifest-Version: 1.0
Ant-Version: Apache Ant 1.8.4
Created-By: 1.7.0_05-b05 (Oracle Corporation)
Class-Path: lib/log4j-1.2.17.jar
X-COMMENT: Main-Class will be added automatically by build

****** Mainfest file end *****

As you may notice, main class is not specified.

Comment 1 rafo 2012-11-23 10:20:53 UTC

Created attachment 128301 [details]
Sample project that shows the bug

I've added a sample Netbeans project that demonstrates the bug I described.

"dist" folder contains incorrect jar-file.

Comment 2 rafo 2012-11-23 11:06:17 UTC

It is not an error, but a feature request.

If a project contains one or more classes with public static void main(String[]) methods, then add a warning to notify a user to add main class to the project settings. Or let the developer suppress this warning when necessary.