How to include images directory in an executable jar?

[Unnsse Khan]

I created a deploy target in my Ant build script and wish to include my images directory into an executable jar...

This is the code to my deploy target:

  
<target name="deploy" depends="compile" description="Setting up deployment package.">
    <echo>Preparing deployment package...</echo>
    <echo/>
    <mkdir dir = "${deploy.dir}" />
    <jar jarfile="${deploy.dir}/${ant.project.name}.jar" basedir="${build.dir}">
        <manifest>
    <attribute name="Main-Class" value="AnimationTest1"/>
</manifest>
    </jar>
   <echo>${ant.project.name} jar successfully created.</echo>
</target>  

If I created a property for my images directory, named ${images.dir}, how could I have it included inside this executable jar?

Many, many thanks!
[ February 28, 2006: Message edited by: Unnsse Khan ]

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

Unnsse,
You can nest a <fileset> tag in the <jar> tag. The fileset represents a directory.

[Unnsse Khan]

Jeanne,

Thank you for your response!

I placed the following <fileset> tag in my deploy target as follows:

<target name="deploy" depends="compile" description="Setting up deployment package.">
<echo>Preparing deployment package...</echo>
<echo/>
<mkdir dir = "${deploy.dir}" />
<jar jarfile="${deploy.dir}/${ant.project.name}.jar" basedir="${build.dir}">
<fileset dir="${images.dir}"/>
<manifest>
<attribute name="Main-Class" value="AnimationTest1"/>
        </manifest>
</jar>
<echo>${ant.project.name} jar successfully created.</echo>
</target>    

Typed "jar -tf Animation.jar" (from the command line) and received the following contents:

untz$ jar -tf Animation.jar
META-INF/
META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
Animation$AnimFrame.class
Animation.class
AnimationTest1.class
SimpleScreenManager.class
background.jpg
player1.png
player2.png
player3.png

So, far so good... The images from my ${image.dir} were placed in the jar's root scope.

Now, when I tried to run this jar by issuing a "java -jar Animation.jar" (from the command line), the particular application launched but there were still no images present. Obviously, the images were not loaded...

Is it because the <fileset> places the images into the jar from ${images.dir}, instead of, copying the directory into the jar file?

Succinctly speaking, it seems that the <fileset> just copies the particular directory's contents (instead of the folder, along with its contents), inside the jar file.

When I looked up the <fileset> in the Ant manual, there was no sub tag (or nested tag, if you will ), such as a <mkdir>, allowable within <fileset> </fileset>.

Has anyone else come across the same problem?

How does one package the images directory, along with its contents, inside an executable jar file, using Ant?

With thanks,
[ March 01, 2006: Message edited by: Unnsse Khan ]