specVersion (getSpecificationVersion)?

[Dan Stromberg]

How does specVersion get filled in for a .jar file? That is, where does
getSpecificationVersion get its information, and where does that
information come from?

Is it part of jar creation? Does the jar command fill it in somehow?

Thanks!

 

[Lew]

How does specVersion get filled in for a .jar file? That is, where does
getSpecificationVersion get its information, and where does that
information come from?

Is it part of jar [sic] creation? Does the jar command fill it in somehow?

<http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/extensions/versioning.html>
<http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/jar/jar.html#JAR Manifest>
<http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/deployment/jar/packageman.html>
<http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/deployment/jar/modman.html>

Documentation is your friend.