How to list dependencies of a JAR

java jar dependencies maven
lisak picture lisak · Dec 11, 2010 · Viewed 86.7k times · Source

is there a tool that can list third party "packages" that contain (third party) classes referenced in the JAR ? Let say that it would recognize what is "home" package from JAR file definition and it would print out a list of fully qualified names of third party classes up to 3rd level that were referenced within the JAR.

org.apache.commons  
org.apache.maven
javax.servlet.jsp
org.eclipse.persistence
org.apache.jackrabbit

the purpose is that I need to find maven dependencies for that JAR file and deploy it as a maven artifact.

Answer

Barry Kelly picture Barry Kelly · Sep 18, 2017

There is a new tool since JDK 8: jdeps

https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/JDK8/Java+Dependency+Analysis+Tool

jdeps is a new command-line tool added since JDK 8 for developers to use to understand the static dependencies of their applications and libraries. jdeps is a static analysis tool on the given class files

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