Executable JAR

Turns a JAR module artifact into an executable JAR file that preserves dependencies.

License	The Apache Software License, Version 2.0
Categories	Maven Build Tools
GroupId	org.brylex.maven
ArtifactId	exec-jar
Last Version	1.0-RC1
Release Date	Jun 8, 2017
Type	maven-plugin
Description	Executable JAR Turns a JAR module artifact into an executable JAR file that preserves dependencies.
Project Organization	Brylex org.
Source Code Management	https://github.com/runepeter/exec-jar

Download exec-jar

Filename	Size
exec-jar-1.0-RC1.pom
exec-jar-1.0-RC1.jar	15 KB
exec-jar-1.0-RC1-tests.jar	6 MB

How to add to project

Apache Maven

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.brylex.maven</groupId>
    <artifactId>exec-jar</artifactId>
    <version>1.0-RC1</version>
</plugin>

Dependencies

compile (11)

Group / Artifact	Type	Version
commons-io : commons-io	jar	2.1
org.apache.maven : maven-plugin-api	jar	3.3.9
org.apache.maven : maven-artifact	jar	3.3.9
org.apache.maven : maven-model	jar	3.3.9
org.apache.maven : maven-core	jar	3.3.9
org.apache.maven : maven-settings	jar	3.3.9
org.apache.maven : maven-archiver	jar	3.1.1
org.apache.maven.plugin-tools : maven-plugin-annotations	jar	3.5
org.apache.maven.shared : maven-dependency-tree	jar	3.0
org.slf4j : slf4j-api	jar	1.7.25
log4j : log4j	jar	1.2.17

test (4)

Group / Artifact	Type	Version
junit : junit	jar	4.8.2
org.apache.maven.plugin-testing : maven-plugin-testing-harness	jar	3.3.0
org.apache.maven : maven-compat	jar	3.3.9
org.slf4j : slf4j-simple	jar	1.7.25

Project Modules

There are no modules declared in this project.

Maven Executable JAR Plugin

This Maven plugin makes a JAR into an executable JAR with ALL its dependencies contained within. The plugin diggers from Maven Assembly Plugin and Maven Shade Plugin, who both can deliver the same, but this plugin comes with a significant advantage - dependencies are NOT unpacked, but rather stores as JAR files inside the artifact JAR>

Usage:

<plugin>
 <groupId>org.brylex.maven</groupId>
 <artifactId>exec-jar</artifactId>
 <version>develop-SNAPSHOT</version>
 <configuration>
  <mainClass>org.brylex.maven.execjar.MyMain</mainClass>
 </configuration>
 <executions>
  <execution>
   <goals>
    <goal>exec-jar</goal>
   </goals>
  </execution>
 </executions>
</plugin>

Versions

Version
1.0-RC1 Jun 8, 2017