A Java Archive, or JAR file, contains all of the various components that make up a self-contained, executable Java application, deployable Java applet or, most commonly, a Java library to which any ...

First off I've got to say I'm very new to java. I do 99% of my programming in Cocoa and C++, so I'm learning as I go. The language is not the issue here -- java's just another OO language and isn't ...