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chrisapotek
chrisapotek

Reputation: 6227

Generating a jar with the source code of the Maven project with the Maven directory structure?

I have a web application that I build with Maven into a war. But I want to generate a JAR with the maven project with the correct maven directory structure. I tried this but it throws away the Maven directory structure (src/main/java, etc.). My goal is to distribute this jar to other people so they can unpack and run mvn eclipse:eclipse and start working on their new web project.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1413

Answers (3)

Piergiorgio Lucidi
Piergiorgio Lucidi

Reputation: 466

Actually the best way to create the distribution package of the entire project is to use the descriptorRef named project included in the Maven Assembly Plugin: https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/descriptor-refs.html#project

Below an example of a working plugin declaration:

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>3.7.1</version>
    <executions>
        <execution>
        <id>make-distribution</id>
        <phase>package</phase>
        <goals>
             <goal>single</goal>
                    </goals>
                    <configuration>
                        <descriptorRefs>
                            <descriptorRef>project</descriptorRef>
                        </descriptorRefs>
                    </configuration>
                </execution>
            </executions>
        </plugin>

Hope this helps :)

Upvotes: 0

khmarbaise
khmarbaise

Reputation: 97517

Why not using the existing descriptor of maven-assembly-plugin..

<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3</version>
<configuration>
  <descriptorRefs>
    <descriptorRef>src</descriptorRef>
  </descriptorRefs>
</configuratio

Upvotes: 2

carlspring
carlspring

Reputation: 32697

Use the maven-assembly-plugin. It's pretty straight-forward to do what you want.

Here's your definition for the plugin:

                <plugin>
                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                    <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
                    <version>2.2.1</version>
                    <executions>
                        <execution>
                            <id>make-distribution</id>
                            <phase>package</phase>
                            <goals>
                                <goal>single</goal>
                            </goals>
                            <configuration>
                                <descriptors>
<descriptor>src/main/assembly/assembly.xml</descriptor>
                                </descriptors>
                            </configuration>
                        </execution>
                    </executions>
                </plugin>

Here's your src/main/assembly/assembly.xml:

<assembly>

        <id>my-project</id>

        <formats>
                <format>zip</format>
        </formats>

        <includeBaseDirectory>true</includeBaseDirectory>

        <fileSets>
                <fileSet>
                        <directory>${basedir}</directory>
                        <includes>
                                <include>**/**</include>
                        </includes>
                        <excludes>
                                <exclude>**/**</exclude>
                        </excludes>
                </fileSet>
        </fileSets>

</assembly>

I haven't tested it, but it's roughly the way you should set it up.

Upvotes: 0

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