Maven - Include dependent libs in jar without unpacking dependencies?

Question

We\'re trying to build a client jar that includes unpacked dependent jar\'s. And the manifest should have class-path entries to the dependent jars. T

Answer 1

The solution proposed by Pascal Thivent defines a new assembly for the Maven assembly plugin. The Maven assembly plugin offers defaults assemblies which are 'bin', 'jar-with-dependencies', 'project' and 'src' producing various predefined bundles.

A new assembly has to be defined in a new xml file, most of the time located in src/assemble. Then it will be loaded instead of the predefined one, this way:

      org.apache.maven.plugins
      maven-assembly-plugin
      2.2-beta-5
      

          
          

          
             src/assemble/myAssembly.xml