How do I add Jars to the classpath in Play Framework?

java eclipse playframework playframework-1.x
sanity picture sanity · Jan 26, 2011 · Viewed 33.6k times · Source

My project needs to use some third-party jars. I assume I drop these in the lib/ directory in my project, but where do I configure Play to add them to the classpath?

I'm developing in Eclipse, and I know I can add them to the Eclipse project's build path, but this won't necessarily make Play reference them when it runs.

Answer

dogbane picture dogbane · Jan 26, 2011

Play automatically adds all jars in the application's lib directory to the classpath.

To quote:

A play application classpath is built as follows (in this order):

* The /conf directory for the application
* The $PLAY_PATH/framework/play.jar
* All jar files found in your application /lib directory
* All jar files found in the $PLAY_PATH/framework/lib directory

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