Ninjar
09/07/06 17:29 |
Work
Spotlight seems to be one of the most widely ignored
improvements in OS X 10.4 (Tiger).
However, I thought this would be a good use for it (at least if you’re a Java developer of any kind).
Essentially, it’s an importer that reads the content of .jar (Java Archive) files and publishes this as metadata to spotlight. Enabling you to search for class and package names and have spotlight do the legwork for you. No more renaming jars as zip files and unzipping them to rummage through them in the finder.
It should also help in resolving class-path and naming conflicts. Anyway, it’s free for anyone to use although donations towards it’s upkeep are being gratefully accepted if you find it useful.
However, I thought this would be a good use for it (at least if you’re a Java developer of any kind).
Essentially, it’s an importer that reads the content of .jar (Java Archive) files and publishes this as metadata to spotlight. Enabling you to search for class and package names and have spotlight do the legwork for you. No more renaming jars as zip files and unzipping them to rummage through them in the finder.
It should also help in resolving class-path and naming conflicts. Anyway, it’s free for anyone to use although donations towards it’s upkeep are being gratefully accepted if you find it useful.
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