maven-exec-plugin

In the pom.xml there is a usage of maven-dependency-plugin to download a specific external JAR file to a separate location (in /tmp/externalTestJars/testjar.jar). And I want to use exec-maven-plugin to run a java class in the testjar.jar file (Main.java). I found this SO question asking kinda same question but the answer for that question did not help me. If I directly run the Main.java file (in the original project where the .jar got created, using mvn exec:java ) I can use the below pom configuration. <plugin> <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId> <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>

This question already has an answer here: Maven Run Project 6 answers I've created a simple console Java application that is built with Maven. Is there a way that the main class (which doesn't require any arguments) can be run from the command-line using a maven command like: mvn run-app com.example.MainClass Matthew Farwell Try the maven-exec-plugin . From there: mvn exec:java -Dexec.mainClass="com.example.Main" This will run your class in the JVM. You can use -Dexec.args="arg0 arg1" to pass arguments. If you're on Windows, apply quotes for exec.mainClass and exec.args : mvn exec:java -D"exec