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kussart
kussart

Reputation: 23

How to compress java app to have a minify jar as a result

Is there any possibility to have a minify JAR after the maven's project assembly? I'm working at big java server project with Spring Framework, the final Jar archive is about 120 Mb. Our frontend developers added some plug-in, which compresses their part of the web application. And now i'm trying to find some way for backend.

Maven default compress is not enough

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1705

Answers (1)

Ralf Kleberhoff
Ralf Kleberhoff

Reputation: 7290

Welcome in dependency hell (I bet the majority isn't code written at your company, but coming from some "useful" libraries).

Have a look at the maven dependency tree, identify the biggest contributors, and ask your fellow developers if these libraries are really necessary (good luck!)... The fact that some pom.xml declares a dependency doesn't guarantee that it's really used for your application.

You'll not only get a smaller JAR, but also reduce the risk of transitive version incompatibilities in the future.

Upvotes: 3

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