What is the difference between a java class file and a jar file?
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A Jar file is an Zip archive containing one or multilple java class files. This makes the usage of libraries (consisting of multiple classes) more handy. Directories and Jar files are added to the classpath and available to the
ClassLoaderat runtime to find particular classes inside of it.