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Wednesday, 4 December 2019

multiple JAR files signed with different certificates

REF: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/javaws/developersguide/faq.html#s213

Basically, if I have multiple jar files, some of which are signed by a different certificate, then we need to create separate jnlp files for these resources.

TLDR - Signing each jar with the same certificate, seems to work, regardless if it has been signed before.



The section in the jnlp file that contains:

<jar href="lib/Utilities.jar"/>
 
should be replaced with:

<extension name="Java Utilities" href="utilities_launch.jnlp"/> 
 
and we then need another jnlp file, named utilities_launch.jnlp such as:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <jnlp spec="1.0+" href="utilities_launch.jnlp">
 <information>
<title>Java Utilities</title>
<vendor>Harry Nisbet</vendor>
 </information>
     <security>
<all-permissions/>
</security>
<resources>
<jar href="lib/Utilities.jar"/>
</resources>
 <component-desc/>
</jnlp>



So as an example for my Peon application;
Also see below for a live version;


peon.jnlp which exists on the local machine:
 
 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<jnlp codebase="http://172.16.144.252/stuff/peon/" href="launch.jnlp" spec="1.0+">
    <information>
        <title>Peon</title>
        <vendor>Harry Nisbet</vendor>
        <homepage href=""/>
        <description>Peon</description>
        <description kind="short">Peon</description>
    <icon href="peon.png" kind="splash"/>
</information>
    <update check="always"/>
    <security>
<all-permissions/>
</security>
    <resources>
        <j2se version="1.8+"/>
        <jar href="Peon.jar" main="true"/>
        <jar href="lib/postgresql-42.2.8.jar"/>
        <extension name="Java Utilities" href="utilities_launch.jnlp"/>
</resources>
    <application-desc main-class="peon.Form1">
    </application-desc>
</jnlp>

 
launch.jnlp which exists on the server:
 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<jnlp href="launch.jnlp" spec="1.0+">
    <information>
        <title>Peon</title>
        <vendor>Harry Nisbet</vendor>
        <homepage href=""/>
        <description>Peon</description>
        <description kind="short">Peon</description>
    <icon href="peon.png" kind="splash"/>
</information>
    <update check="always"/>
    <security>
<all-permissions/>
</security>
    <resources>
        <j2se version="1.8+"/>
        <jar href="Peon.jar" main="true"/>
        <jar href="lib/postgresql-42.2.8.jar"/>
<extension name="Java Utilities" href="utilities_launch.jnlp"/>
</resources>
    <application-desc main-class="peon.Form1">
    </application-desc>
</jnlp>

 
 
and finally the utilities_launch.jnlp file which exists beside the launch.jnlp file above:
 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <jnlp spec="1.0+" href="utilities_launch.jnlp">
 <information>
<title>Java Utilities</title>
<vendor>Harry Nisbet</vendor>
 </information>
     <security>
<all-permissions/>
</security>
<resources>
<jar href="lib/Utilities.jar"/>
</resources>
 <component-desc/>
</jnlp> 



A live example from my Peon application on server;

 

Contents of readme.txt

1 Create a folder on local pc
2 Download the peon.jnlp file into said folder.
3 Create a shortcut to said peon.jnlp file and place it on Desktop.
4 Profit.
5 Profit more...


Contents of readme2.txt

peon.jnlp should be on desktop or in its own folder.
launch.jnlp should be on server beside the jar file and lib folder.
utilities_launch.jnlp file should be beside the launch.jnlp file above.


Contents of index.html


<HTML>
<meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="n;getpeon.bat">
<p><center>
<a href="getpeon.bat">If download doesnt start automatically, click here!</a>
</center></p>
</HTML>
 


Contents of getpeon.bat


mkdir Peon
cd peon
powershell -Command "(New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadFile('http://172.16.144.252/stuff/peon/peon.jnlp', 'peon.jnlp')"
cd ..
del -f getpeon.bat


 
Contents of peon.jnlp


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<jnlp codebase="http://172.16.144.252/stuff/peon/" href="launch.jnlp" spec="1.0+">
    <information>
        <title>Peon</title>
        <vendor>Harry Nisbet</vendor>
        <homepage href=""/>
        <description>Peon</description>
        <description kind="short">Peon</description>
    <icon href="peon.png" kind="splash"/>
</information>
    <update check="always"/>
    <security>
<all-permissions/>
</security>
    <resources>
        <j2se version="1.8+"/>
        <jar href="Peon.jar" main="true"/>
        <jar href="lib/postgresql-42.2.8.jar"/>
        <extension name="Java Utilities" href="utilities_launch.jnlp"/>
</resources>
    <application-desc main-class="peon.Form1">
    </application-desc>
</jnlp>



Contents of launch.jnlp

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<jnlp href="launch.jnlp" spec="1.0+">
    <information>
        <title>Peon</title>
        <vendor>Harry Nisbet</vendor>
        <homepage href=""/>
        <description>Peon</description>
        <description kind="short">Peon</description>
    <icon href="peon.png" kind="splash"/>
</information>
    <update check="always"/>
    <security>
<all-permissions/>
</security>
    <resources>
        <j2se version="1.8+"/>
        <jar href="Peon.jar" main="true"/>
        <jar href="lib/postgresql-42.2.8.jar"/>
        <extension name="Java Utilities" href="utilities_launch.jnlp"/>
    </resources>
    <application-desc main-class="peon.Form1">
    </application-desc>
</jnlp>



Contents of utilities_launch.jnlp



<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <jnlp spec="1.0+" href="utilities_launch.jnlp">
 <information>
<title>Java Utilities</title>
<vendor>Harry Nisbet</vendor>
 </information>
     <security>
<all-permissions/>
</security>
<resources>
<jar href="lib/Utilities.jar"/>
</resources>
 <component-desc/>
</jnlp>








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