How to add jars from a local directory in Java

Asked Sep 22 '16 at 16:26

Active Sep 23 '16 at 15:28

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I have a java project. I'm looking to make it read the jars from the disk it's running on-- from the directory I defined on the .properties file. So by this, I no longer will include those jars in the WEB-INF directory (its a web application) but read it from my local disk when i'm running it. When I .war it up, it won't include those jars in the pack, but reserve a link to those resources. when deployed on the server, it'll this time get those jars into its path from the disk location on the server by using that link/reference.

How to do this?

I'm developing on Eclipse Neon. I'm not using maven or any other build tool.

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EDIT:

Eg. I'm looking to make the application read the database jars from the database's installation directory on the server.

edited Sep 23 '16 at 15:28

asked Sep 22 '16 at 16:26

user6762070

You want to load classes at runtime from this jar or is it only for "data" ? – PeterMmm Sep 22 '16 at 17:27
@PeterMmm classes. pls read edit – user6762070 Sep 23 '16 at 16:42
You are talking about to load the JDBC driver at runtime and the JDBC jar is not on the JVM classpath ? This may help you: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/60764/how-should-i-load-jars-dynamically-at-runtime – PeterMmm Sep 24 '16 at 07:55
@PeterMmm looks to be it. – user6762070 Sep 26 '16 at 13:01

How to add jars from a local directory in Java

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