Edit jar files with python

Question

Do you know a python module with which i can add files to a JAR archive?

(what i wan't to do is add .class files to a jar archive)

and the program that has to do it has to be written in python

Thanks!

Answer 1

.jar files are just .zip files with a different file extension and a manifest.

Try http://docs.python.org/library/zipfile.html