How can I package a jar with Maven and include some dependencies in WEB-INF/lib?

Question

How can I package a jar with Maven and include some dependencies in WEB-INF/lib?

I tried with assembly, but cannot be achieved easier?

Answer 1

Try using the jar-with-dependencies feature of the maven-assembly-plugin:

    maven-assembly-plugin
    2.2.1
    
        
            jar-with-dependencies
        
    
    
        
            make-assembly 
            package
            
                single
            
        
    

This will incorporate all dependencies into your jar. Mark the dependencies that you don't want included in your jar with provided, eg:

    net.sf.ehcache
    ehcache-core
    2.4.4
    provided