How to include dependency with 'provided' scope with maven-assembly-plugin

Question

I am fighting with maven to include a managed dependency with \'provided\' scope into tar file by using the maven-assembly-plugin.

I use super parent pom file as a base

Answer 1

This can be done using the Assembly plugin.

First create an assembly.xml with the following:

    bin
    
        jar
    
    false
    
        
            true
            runtime
        
        
            true
            provided
        
    

Then just enable it in your pom.xml

    maven-assembly-plugin
    2.4
    
        src/main/assembly/assembly.xml
    
    
        
            make-assembly
            package
            
                single
            
        
    

This will create a yourproject-bin.jar that will include all the compile and provided resources exploded so they can be referenced in a classpath.

java -cp yourproject-bin.jar com.yourcompany.Main