Including dependencies in a jar with Maven

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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 from dependencies to be copied into the jar as well.

Update: I know that I cant just include a jar file in a jar file. I'm searching for a way to unpack the jars that are specified as dependencies, and package the class files into my jar.

packaging jar maven-2 java
15 Answers

I was trying to do sth similar, but I didn't want all jars to be included. I wanted to include some specific directories from the given dependency. In addition classifier tag was already occupied, so I couldn't do:

<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>your.group.id</groupId>
        <artifactId>your.artifact.id</artifactId>
        <version>1.0</version>
        <type>jar</type>
        <classifier>jar-with-dependencies</classifier>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>
  1. I used maven-dependency-plugin and unpack goal
  2. And unpacked what I wanted to the ${project.build.directory}/classes, otherwise it will be omitted
  3. Because it was in the classes directory, maven finally placed it in the jar
<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
    <executions>
        <execution>
            <id>unpack</id>
            <phase>prepare-package</phase>
            <goals>
                <goal>unpack</goal>
            </goals>
            <configuration>
                <artifactItems>
                    <artifactItem>
                        <groupId>my.group</groupId>
                        <artifactId>my.artifact</artifactId>
                        <classifier>occupied</classifier>
                        <version>1.0</version>
                        <type>jar</type>
                    </artifactItem>
                </artifactItems>
                <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
                <includes>aaa/**, bbb/**, ccc/**</includes>
            </configuration>
        </execution>
    </executions>
</plugin>
user_87340460

Thanks I have added below snippet in POM.xml file and Mp problem resolved and create fat jar file that include all dependent jars.

<plugin>
    <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
        <executions>
            <execution>
                <phase>package</phase>
                <goals>
                    <goal>single</goal>
                </goals>
            </execution>
        </executions>
        <configuration>
            <descriptorRefs>
                <descriptorRef>dependencies</descriptorRef>
            </descriptorRefs>
        </configuration>
    </plugin>
</plugins>
user_25170350

To make it more simple, You can use the below plugin.

             <plugin>
                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>repackage</goal>
                        </goals>
                        <configuration>
                            <classifier>spring-boot</classifier>
                            <mainClass>
                                com.nirav.certificate.CertificateUtility
                            </mainClass>
                        </configuration>
                    </execution>
                </executions>
            </plugin>
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