Creating a stand alone Java application

Question

Is it possible to create a stand alone application in Java (using Swing) and package it into an exe file?

My Idea is, we should be able to double click it and run the application.

Answer 1

If you export a runnable .jar file you will be able to double click and run, but you'll still need the JVM in order to interpret the bytecode.

Answer 2

The best way to deploy a Swing based app. to a client's desktop is using Java Web Start.

JWS offers desktop integration - making a desktop shortcut and menu item, each using an icon if specified. The end use can double-click the desktop shortcut cut to launch the app. ( or single-click the menu item to do the same ;).

Best of all, JWS works for all platforms for which the J2SE is supplied. Windows, Ubuntu, Fedora, Solaris, Mac. OS..

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For ensuring the user has the correct minimum JRE needed to run the app., use deployJava.js to write the link to the JNLP launch file.