Interesting. That makes sense. I grepped through the /Developer and /
System and /Library dirs and couldn't find it. Well, I'm writing a
getting started article about Java Web Start for java.net and I
wanted to tell developers how they should set up their path. Since
the Java Web Start app doesn't appear to be in any sort of a Current
symlink, I'm not sure the best way to path this out. It sounds like
the javaws.jar isn't versioned the way the rest of the JDK is.
Sun has a Web Start Developers Pack that includes jnlp.jar. I wouldn't
go trying to build against the JAR embedded in the JWS app bundle. You
can download the developers pack from the JWS developers page:
Also note that the developer page indicates that for J2SE5 there is no
developer's pack -- it has been merged into the SDK.
While I'm at it, does anyone have any advice / warnings for JWS on
OSX? I discovered, for example, that transparent PNGs for the icon
will get a white background instead of transparent. .icns files seem
to preserver transparency. I also discovered that OSX doesn't support
the JWS splash screen for some reason. Also, the JNLP won't run
unless you have specified a JRE version (<j2se version="1.4+"/> or
some such).
Apple's JWS implementation seems sensitive to position within the JNLP
file, at least for property definitions. If certain Apple L&F properties
are not defined in the textually first RESOURCES block in the file, they
will not be set until after the application JVM has already initialized
Swing, and they no longer apply.
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