Java in a Nutshell, 5th Edition [Electronic resources]

This class represents the manifest entry of a JAR file. getMainAttributes( ) returns an Attributes object that represents the manifest attributes that apply to the entire JAR file. getAttributes( ) returns an Attributes object that represents the manifest attributes specified for a single file in the JAR file. getEntries( ) returns a java.util.Map that maps the names of entries in the JAR file to the Attributes objects associated with those entries. getEnTRies( ) returns the Map object used internally by the Manifest. You can edit the contents of the Manifest by adding, deleting, or editing entries in the Map. read( ) reads manifest entries from an input stream, merging them into the current set of entries. write( ) writes the Manifest out to the specified output stream.

public class 
Manifest  implements Cloneable {
// Public Constructors
public 
Manifest ( );  
public 
Manifest (Manifest 
man );  
public 
Manifest (java.io.InputStream 
is ) throws java.io.IOException;  
// Public Instance Methods
public void 
clear ( );  
public java.util.jar.Attributes 
getAttributes (String 
name );  
public java.util.Map<String,java.util.jar.Attributes> 
getEntries ( );     default:HashMap
public java.util.jar.Attributes 
getMainAttributes ( );  
public void 
read (java.io.InputStream 
is ) throws java.io.IOException;  
public void 
write (java.io.OutputStream 
out ) throws java.io.IOException;  
// Public Methods Overriding Object
public Object 
clone ( );  
public boolean 
equals (Object 
o );  
public int 
hashCode ( );  
}

Passed To

java.net.URLClassLoader.definePackage( ),

JarOutputStream.JarOutputStream( )

Returned By

java.net.JarURLConnection.getManifest( ),

JarFile.getManifest( ), JarInputStream.getManifest( )