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user705414
user705414

Reputation: 21200

Any differce between mvn:assembly and mvn:package

I knew mvn:package can be used to generate JAR or WAR, is there any difference between mvn:assembly?

Upvotes: 7

Views: 2797

Answers (2)

YMomb
YMomb

Reputation: 2387

Assembly is needed if you plan to create an archive that contains your classes plus the libraries + docs + ...

To create war (or any native Maven packaging) you can simply set <packaging>war</packaging>. If you want to customize this war, you need the war (respectivelly jar) plugin.

Upvotes: 0

Jeen Broekstra
Jeen Broekstra

Reputation: 22052

They are quite different. 'package' is a simple command used for simple/single projects where you only have to create a jar/war.

The assembly plugin is much more powerful, and can be used to create full distribution packages for large projects. This can be just a simple jar file, but it can also be a large distribution archive for your project, including source code, documentation, etc. You configure what the assembly should look like by means of an XML file called the assembly descriptor.

Upvotes: 6

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