How to make a monolithic jar.file?

Question

I need to create a hadoop job jar file that uses mahout and a bunch of other libraries. I need ti be able to run the job without needing additional jar.files such that all r

Answer 1

Note that the additional jars have to be put under a lib/ subdirectory (Yes, jars within a jar). I use the following maven assembly, which I found somewhere else.

  job
  
    jar
  
  false
  
    
      false
      runtime
      lib
      
        org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-core
        ${artifact.groupId}:${artifact.artifactId}
      
    
    
      false
      system
      lib
      
        ${artifact.groupId}:${artifact.artifactId}
      
    
  
  
    
      ${basedir}/target/classes
      / 
      
        *.jar