spring boot properties launcher unable to use

Question

i am trying to use the spring boot properties launcher

        
            org.apache.maven.plugins

        

Answer 1

The spring-boot-maven-plugin rewrites your manifest, and in particular it manages the Main-Class and Start-Class entries, so you have to configure those there (not in the jar plugin). The Main-Class in the manifest is actually controlled by the layout property of the boot plugin, e.g.

<plugin>
  <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>1.0.0.RC1</version>
  <configuration>
    <mainClass>${start-class}</mainClass>
    <layout>ZIP</layout>
  </configuration>
  <executions>
    <execution>
      <goals>
        <goal>repackage</goal>
      </goals>
    </execution>
  </executions>
</plugin>

The layout property defaults to a guess based on the archive type (JAR or WAR). For the PropertiesLauncher the layout is "ZIP".