Is it possible to rename a maven jar-with-dependencies?

Question

I\'m currently using the jar-with-dependencies assembly to create such a jar. However, the name of my jar is a bit long.

Since this jar is being used by RPG programs

Answer 1

Thanks to the posts here and some digging in the maven docs I've come up with the following configuration for a general one-off repacked executable jar assembly with a custom name.

In pom.xml:

    maven-assembly-plugin
    2.2
    
        
            exe
            package
            single
            
                MyJarName
                false
                false
                
                    assembly.xml
                
                
                    
                        karlthepagain.MyMain
                    
                
            
        
    

In assembly.xml:

    exe
    
        jar
    
    false
    
        
            /
            true
            runtime
        
    

This will produce MyJarName.jar with all of its dependencies re-packaged into that same jar and the specified Main-Class: karlthepagain.MyMain.