Resources
We have discussed the main rules of our game, but we still miss the counters and how they move. In the JNLP game, pawns are represented by resources. As we know, JAR files, native libraries, and system properties are described within the resources element; and are mentioned as application extensions (which we introduced in the previous chapter).
Taming Resources Management
Before diving into the JNLP resources sea of details, it could help to see things from a different perspective. What is your need?
If you need to access your JAR files only for their content, and you don't care about their physical position, the usual resources element will work perfectly. This is the most common case, by far. You will see dozens of these cases in ...
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