Create a self-contained .jar file with Maven
By Mikael Ståldal
If you want to create a self-contained .jar file, with all library dependencies included, you can do it with Maven. Include this in your pom.xml:
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.4</version>
<configuration>
<archive>
<manifest>
<mainClass>com.yourcompany.youapp.Main</mainClass>
</manifest>
</archive>
<descriptorRefs>
<descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
</descriptorRefs>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>make-jar-with-dependencies</id>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>single</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
Then when you run mvn package
, you will get a target/*-jar-with-dependencies.jar
file which you can run with java -jar
.