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What is `clojure.main` in the REPL command?

On the Clojure Getting Started page, it shows to start the REPL like this:

java -cp clojure-1.5.1.jar clojure.main

The first argument is a file, which can also be specified via the environment variable CLASSPATH. But what is clojure.main?

Solution

  • It is the main class of the JAR file: org.clojure/clojure/1.5.1/META-INF/maven/org.clojure/ clojure/pom.xml

    <archive>
    <manifest>
      <mainClass>clojure.main</mainClass>
    </manifest>
</archive>

    For more info : Setting an Application's Entry Point