Should you provide dependent libraries in client jar?

Question

We\'re providing a client jar for other internal apps to connect to our app\'s REST API. Our API depends on a few standard Jakarta libraries. Is it a best practice to include

Answer 1

You should include those jars if you're deploying the app as a standalone application. If you're deploying the source for someone to build and you provide a maven pom file then you don't necessarily need to.