ca.infoway.messagebuilder.j5goodies
Class ManifestReader

java.lang.Object
  ca.infoway.messagebuilder.j5goodies.ManifestReader

public class ManifestReader
extends Object

A class that can find the Manifest that corresponds to the jar that contains a particular class.

Author:

Intelliware Development

Constructor Summary

ManifestReader()

Method Summary

static Manifest

read(Class<?> mainClass) Get the manifest that's contained in the jar that contains the given class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ManifestReader

public ManifestReader()

Method Detail

read

public static Manifest read(Class<?> mainClass)
                     throws IOException

Get the manifest that's contained in the jar that contains the given class.

Parameters:

mainClass - - the class

Returns:

- the Manifest

Throws:

IOException - - if the manifest cannot be read.