Including dependencies in a jar with Maven

Question

Is there a way to force maven(2.0.9) to include all the dependencies in a single jar file?

I have a project the builds into a single jar file. I want the classes fro

Answer 1

If you want to do an executable jar file, them need set the main class too. So the full configuration should be.

    
            
                 maven-assembly-plugin
                 
                     
                          package
                          
                              single
                          
                      
                  
                  
                       
                       
                           
                                 fully.qualified.MainClass
                           
                       
                       
                           jar-with-dependencies