Including dependencies in a jar with Maven

Question

Is there a way to force maven(2.0.9) to include all the dependencies in a single jar file?

I have a project the builds into a single jar file. I want the classes fro

Answer 1

        
        
        
            org.apache.maven.plugins
            maven-dependency-plugin
            
                ${project.build.directory}/lib
                false 
                false
            
            
                
                    copy-dependencies
                    package
                    
                        copy-dependencies
                    
                
            
        
        
        
            org.apache.maven.plugins
            maven-jar-plugin
            2.4
            
                
                    
                        true
                        lib/
                    
                
            
        


        
        
        
            maven-assembly-plugin
            
              
                package
                
                  single
                
              
            
            
              
                jar-with-dependencies