Previously we have talked about how to package a .jar artifact with dependencies included.
An alternative solution is to put your dependencies in the src/main/resources folder and they will be copied to the target folder together with the packaged .jar file. Then we can add the class paths to these dependencies in the Manifest with the help of the maven-jar-plugin.
The following project is a real life example which i use it to test the connection between the JBoss server and the MSSQL server.
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Sometimes we want to build a executable jar which contains all the dependencies. In this case we could make use of the maven-assembly-plugin which help us to package a jar-with-dependencies artifact during the Maven package phase. Let’s refer to the simple Maven project we did before.
1. First let’s introduce a dependency to our project. Say, we want to make use of the Apache Commons – Commons Lang to check the empty string. Edit the src/main/java/info/ykyuen/eureka/Addition.java as follow.
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We can set the default main class in the META-INF/MANIFEST.MF. This could be configured in the maven-jar-plugin in pom.xml. Let’s use the previous example.
1. Edit the pom.xml as follow.
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Dream BIG and go for it =)
Eureka! 