Re: 'code too large' error with 2D array

From: Christophe Vanfleteren (c.v4nfl3t3r3n_at_pandora.be)
Date: 10/31/03 

Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 08:46:07 GMT

Anthony Borla wrote:

> Why would you want to include the array data in the source code, anyway -
> security reasons such as avoiding tampering of the data by outsiders ? If
> so, a simple option is to place the text file in the '.jar' file you are
> using to distribute your program. There were a couple of posts on this
> [accessing resources in a '.jar' file] recently.

I hope you do not really believe that putting files in a jar provides you
with more security, unless you believe in security by (really minimal)
obscurity.
Anyone can look inside a jar file (as it is just a zip file) and extract what
they want. 

-- 
Regards,
Christophe Vanfleteren

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