testing.java

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.BufferedWriter;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;

public class testing {

    private static final String DELIMITER = " ";
    private static final String WORK_PATH = "/home/yatin/bla";
    private static final String MANIFEST_MF_PATH = WORK_PATH + "/MANIFEST.MF";
    private static final String MAIN_MANIFEST_ATTRIBUTE = "Main-Class: AppExample";

    private static final String COMPILE_COMMAND = "javac -d . AppExample.java";
    private static final String CREATE_JAR_WITH_MF_ATT_COMMAND = "jar cvmf MANIFEST.MF example.jar ./AppExample.class";
    private static final String EXECUTE_JAR_COMMAND = "java -jar example.jar";

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println(executeJarWithManifestAttribute());
    }

    public static String executeJarWithManifestAttribute() {
        createManifestFile();
        return executeJar(CREATE_JAR_WITH_MF_ATT_COMMAND);
    }

    private static void createManifestFile() {
        BufferedWriter writer;
        try {
            writer = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(MANIFEST_MF_PATH));
            writer.write(MAIN_MANIFEST_ATTRIBUTE);
            writer.newLine();
            writer.close();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    private static String executeJar(String createJarCommand) {
        executeCommand(COMPILE_COMMAND);
        executeCommand(createJarCommand);
        return executeCommand(EXECUTE_JAR_COMMAND);
    }

    private static String executeCommand(String command) {
        String output = null;
        try {
            output = collectOutput(runProcess(command));
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            System.out.println(ex);
        }
        return output;
    }

    private static String collectOutput(Process process) throws IOException {
        StringBuffer output = new StringBuffer();
        BufferedReader outputReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(process.getInputStream()));
        String line = "";
        while ((line = outputReader.readLine()) != null) {
            output.append(line + "\n");
        }
        return output.toString();
    }

    private static Process runProcess(String command) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
        ProcessBuilder builder = new ProcessBuilder(command.split(DELIMITER));
        builder.directory(new File(WORK_PATH).getAbsoluteFile());
        builder.redirectErrorStream(true);
        Process process = builder.start();
        process.waitFor();
        return process;
    }

}