{8.0.0-new, 8.1.2-deprecated} Manifest
The {@link oaj.microservice.MicroserviceBuilder#manifest(Object)} method can be used to specify the contents or location of of the main manifest file of the executable jar.
If you do not specify the location/contents of the manifest file, the microservice will attempt to resolve it through the following methods:
If you do manually specify the manifest file, you can pass in any of the following types:
The manifest file can be retrieved using the the {@link oaj.microservice.Microservice#getManifest()} method which provides an API for accessing manifest file entries. This method returns an instance of {@link oaj.utils.ManifestFile} which extends from {@link oaj.ObjectMap} allowing you to retrieve entries as any data types supported by that class.
ManifestFile mf = Microservice.
The manifest is also used for the {@link oaj.svl.vars.ManifestFileVar $MF} SVL variable.