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+Working on Jar and Zip code using the NetBeans IDE
+
+This note is specific to working on jar and zip; much more information about
+working with this project and others is in ../README.
+
+This project allows developers to work on the Jar and Zip in java.util.jar and
+java.util.zip, as well as the jar tool itself in sun.tools.jar.  The NetBeans
+project supports editing, building, testing, and debugging of this code.  This
+is a make-based project, and involves compilation of native code.  Some of
+this native code is provided by the JDK community, but the base zip library is
+from http://www.zlib.net.
+
+Please note: The most recent zlib is version 1.2.3.  We are providing zlib
+version 1.1.3, modified to include security fixes that have been added since
+that release.
+
+Source code layout
+
+The jar tool depends on the jar library, which in turn depends on the zip
+library.  This in turn depends on some native code, which in turn depends on
+the zlib library:
+
+sun.tools.jar depends on
+  java.util.jar, which depends on
+    java.util.zip, which depends on
+      src/share/native/java/util/zip, which depends on
+        src/share/native/java/util/zip/zlib-1.1.3.
+
+The project is set up to invoke make on the zip code first.  This make target
+compile the native zip code, as well as the Java sources in java.util.zip.
+Subsequent invocations of make build java.util.jar, and then sun.tools.jar.
+
+Insofar as NetBeans use is concerned with Java code, most things you are used
+to.  You can build the project.  There are several regression tests included,
+run either as a group via Test Project or individually via Run File.
+Debugging is also supported, try Debug File.  Since the jar tool needs command
+line parameters in order to do anything interesting, it is not hooked up to
+Run Project in NetBeans.