A self-contained application consists of a single, installable bundle that contains your application and a copy of the JRE needed to run the application. When the application is installed, it behaves the in the same way as any native application. Providing users with a self-contained application avoids the security issues related to running an application in a browser.
You can customize a self-contained application by providing your own icons and progress indicator. File associations can be set up so when a user opens a file that your application can handle, your application is started automatically. Multiple entry points are supported so you can deliver a suite of applications in a single self-contained application bundle.
Self-contained applications can be packaged using the Java Packaging tools. The javavpackager command creates the bundle for self-contained applications from the command line. NetBeans can also be used to created self-contained application bundles. This lesson describes how to use Ant tasks to create the bundles.
For more information about self-contained applications, see Self-Contained Application Packaging in the Java Platform, Standard Edition Deployment Guide.
For information about Ant tasks for Java packaging, see JavaFX Ant Tasks, which are used for packaging Java SE and JavaFX applications.
For information about the javapackager command, see
Java Deployment Tools.