Gradle: Add local jar to deplendencies

[DieserChris]

Hey,

I need to add a local jar file as a dependency. Currently I'm doing it the following way:

build.gradle:

dependencies {
    // [...]
    minecraft 'net.minecraftforge:forge:1.18.2-40.1.85'

    // [...]
    implementation files("chronos_lib/chronos-shared-1.0-SNAPSHOT-all.jar")
}

While developing, this seems to work, but the contained classes aren't available at runtime - ClassNotFoundException. 

How can I make the jar available at runtime?

[warjort]

Forge won't load a jar unless it thinks it is some kind of mod.

https://forge.gemwire.uk/wiki/Mods.toml

 

* Separate Library mod

* JarInJar: https://forge.gemwire.uk/wiki/Jar-in-Jar

* "shadowing" https://imperceptiblethoughts.com/shadow/introduction/

are some of the ways you can do it