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

Have a look at this answer:

I am creating an installer that runs as a Java JAR file and it needs to unpack WAR and JAR files into appropriate places in the installation directory. The dependency plugin can be used in the package phase with the copy goal and it will download any file in the Maven repository (including WAR files) and write them where ever you need them. I changed the output directory to ${project.build.directory}/classes and then end result is that the normal JAR task includes my files just fine. I can then extract them and write them into the installation directory.

org.apache.maven.plugins
maven-dependency-plugin

    
        getWar
        package
        
            copy
        
        
            
                
                    the.group.I.use
                    MyServerServer
                    ${env.JAVA_SERVER_REL_VER}
                    war
                    myWar.war
                
            
            ${project.build.directory}/classes