NoClassDefFoundError while executing main class using java -classpath command

Question

I have a Maven project and within that I have a Main.java class that contains the main() method that I would like to execute from Windows command p

Answer 1

Was able to get the program working by adding following plugins in the pom.

The first dependency creates the META-INF/manifest.mf file in the jar and the second one creates the lib folder in the existing target directory and copies all the dependencies in there.

  <plugin>
        <!-- Build an executable JAR -->
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>2.6</version>
        <configuration>
            <archive>
                <manifest>
                    <addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
                    <classpathPrefix>lib/</classpathPrefix>
                    <mainClass>com.ebayenterprise.ecp.jobs.Main</mainClass>
                </manifest>
            </archive>
        </configuration>
    </plugin>                     
    <plugin>
        <!-- Build an executable JAR with runtime dependencies so that this program can be executed from command line using java -jar command -->
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>2.10</version>
        <executions>
            <execution>
                <id>copy-dependencies</id>
                <phase>package</phase>
                <goals>
                    <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
                </goals>
                <configuration>
                    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/lib</outputDirectory>
                    <overWriteReleases>false</overWriteReleases>
                    <overWriteSnapshots>false</overWriteSnapshots>
                    <overWriteIfNewer>true</overWriteIfNewer>
                </configuration>
            </execution>
        </executions>
    </plugin>