What's the purpose of META-INF?
What are files located in *.jar/META-INF/*.*? Why some resource files are put under META-INF directory
creating META-INF/services folder in Eclipse Delete META-INF folder How can I access a file in WEB-INF/META-INF in a java web app? How to place folder/jar in Maven META-INF root how to load a properties file from the META-INF directory? Where do I put META-INF in Gradle? How do I correctly output META-INF when libraries use SPIs using gradle? No META-INF/persistence.xml was found in classpath what is META-INF/persistence.xml in netbeans? Create META-INF/services file with Maven MBeanOperationInfo and MBeanAttributeInfo meta data? Directory not creating other than WEB-INF & META-INF in WAR using Maven pom.xml Maven WebApp META-INF context.xml Why is META-INF called META-INF? modify properties file in META-INF Could not find any META-INF/persistence.xml file in the classpath What is the correct META-INF directory location for context.xml in Tomcat? Is it possible to have persistence.xml in a location other than META-INF? How to add a NOTICE file in META-INF of a existing jar? Where to put META-INF folder for JPA application Could not find any META-INF/persistence.xml file in the classpath Ant Build Jar without META-INF how to add files to jars META-INF cannot read a file from META-INF META-INF/services in JAR with Gradle Where is meta-inf directory? No .class file in the jar when adding a META-INF/services directory How to open file in META-INF independent of environment