Question

How do I create a desktop (standalone/Swing) application with Maven?

I’m using Eclipse 3.6.

Answer 1

1. Create a Maven project as follows:

   mvn archetype:generate -DgroupId=com.yourapp.app 
                          -DartifactId=swingapp  
                          -Dversion=1.0-SNAPSHOT
   

2. Add the following entry to your pom file:

   <build>
   <plugins>
       <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>2.3.1</version>
           <configuration>
               <archive>
                   <manifest>
                       <mainClass>com.yourapp.app.YourMainClass</mainClass>
                   </manifest>
               </archive>
           </configuration>
       </plugin>
   </plugins>
   </build>
   

3. Import the project into Eclipse as a Maven project, then run as Java application.