Sunday, 24 April 2016

jar vs. zip files


A jar file is the same as a zip file, except that the jar file contains a META-INF directory to store metadata or attributes (may be in a MANIFEST.MF file)


A jar file usually has file name extension .jar 
It contains mainly java class files but any types of files can be included, e.g., XML files, HTML files, properties files, gif/jpg image files, text files, PDF files, and binary files etc.

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