Interface Manifest

  • All Known Subinterfaces:
    OsgiManifest

    public interface Manifest
    Represents the manifest file of a JAR file.
    • Method Detail

      • getAttributes

        Attributes getAttributes()
        Returns the main attributes of the manifest.
      • getSections

        Map<String,​Attributes> getSections()
        Returns the sections of the manifest (excluding the main section).
        Returns:
        A map with the sections, where the key represents the section name and value the section attributes.
      • attributes

        Manifest attributes​(Map<String,​?> attributes)
                     throws ManifestException
        Adds content to the main attributes of the manifest.
        Parameters:
        attributes - The values to add to the main attributes. The values can be any object. For evaluating the value objects their Object.toString() method is used. This is done lazily either before writing or when getEffectiveManifest() is called.
        Returns:
        this
        Throws:
        ManifestException - If a key is invalid according to the manifest spec or if a key or value is null.
      • attributes

        Manifest attributes​(Map<String,​?> attributes,
                            String sectionName)
                     throws ManifestException
        Adds content to the given section of the manifest.
        Parameters:
        attributes - The values to add to the section. The values can be any object. For evaluating the value objects their Object.toString() method is used. This is done lazily either before writing or when getEffectiveManifest() is called.
        sectionName - The name of the section
        Returns:
        this
        Throws:
        ManifestException - If a key is invalid according to the manifest spec or if a key or value is null.
      • getEffectiveManifest

        Manifest getEffectiveManifest()
        Returns a new manifest instance where all the attribute values are expanded (e.g. their toString method is called). The returned manifest also contains all the attributes of the to be merged manifests specified in from(Object...).
      • from

        Manifest from​(Object... mergePath)
        Specifies other manifests to be merged into this manifest. A merge path can either be another instance of Manifest or a file path as interpreted by Project.files(Object...). The merge is not happening instantaneously. It happens either before writing or when getEffectiveManifest() is called.
        Returns:
        this