specVersion (getSpecificationVersion)?

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Dan Stromberg - 19 Nov 2007 17:01 GMT

How does specVersion get filled in for a .jar file? That is, where does
getSpecificationVersion get its information, and where does that
information come from?

Is it part of jar creation? Does the jar command fill it in somehow?

Thanks!

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Lew - 19 Nov 2007 17:15 GMT

> How does specVersion get filled in for a .jar file? That is, where does
> getSpecificationVersion get its information, and where does that
> information come from?
>
> Is it part of jar [sic] creation? Does the jar command fill it in somehow?

<http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/extensions/versioning.html>
<http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/jar/jar.html#JAR%20Manifest>
<http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/deployment/jar/packageman.html>
<http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/deployment/jar/modman.html>

Documentation is your friend.

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