Question

Suppose I have the following directory layout in a Maven project:

src/ |-- main |   |-- bin |   |   |-- run.cmd |   |   `-- run.sh |   |-- etc |   |   |-- common-spring.xml |   |   |-- log4j.xml |   |   `-- xml-spring.xml |   `-- java |       `-- com ... 

I would like to build a zip file that, when unzipped, produces something like this:

assembly |-- bin |   |-- run.cmd |   `-- run.sh |-- etc |   |-- common-spring.xml |   |-- log4j.xml |   `-- xml-spring.xml `-- lib     |-- dependency1.jar     |-- dependency2.jar ... 

where `run.xx’ are executable shell scripts that will call my main application and put all dependencies on the classpath.

Is this possible with some of the `official’ Maven plugins, e.g. maven-assembly-plugin?

Answer 1

I use the AppAssembler plugin to get something similar. Example:

... <build> <plugins>   <plugin>     <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>     <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>     <configuration>       <programs>         <program>           <mainClass>com.acme.MainClass</mainClass>           <name>app</name>         </program>       </programs>     </configuration>   </plugin> </plugins>