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Including dependencies in a jar with Maven

I am beginner in maven and would like to build a jar containing dependency jars in it using maven. But, I could not do so. Kindly help me about it.

Answer 1

You would to include the following in your pom.xml file.

<build>
<plugins>
    <plugin>
        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
        <configuration>
            <archive>
                <manifest>
                    <mainClass>MainClass with the packages</mainClass>
                </manifest>
            </archive>
            <descriptorRefs>
                <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
            </descriptorRefs>
        </configuration>
    </plugin>
</plugins>