I'm using Maven to do a number of things and I'm unable to obtain access to a jar dependency using two plugins to accomplish my purpose. First I use maven to jar my application and it writes an executable JAR file and a manifest that contains my needed Jar file for log4j.
I then use the maven-exec-plugin to execute the jarred application from the command line using using "mvn exec:exec". I have tried all combinations of configurations and ... my goal is not to have to copy the log4j jar into my target directory. That's the only way I can see the jar on the classpath. The maven-exec-plugin site says that the jars will be seen on the classpath automatically. And, I'm "USING" maven because I build and do everything else using Maven. Does anyone have any suggestions as to the *BEST* way to run an executable JAR made by Maven and needing a project dependency? Thanks, David Here's the manifest Manifest-Version: 1.0 Archiver-Version: Plexus Archiver Created-By: Apache Maven Built-By: piratepete Build-Jdk: 1.5.0_08 Package: org.appfuse Main-Class: org.appfuse.ApplicationMain Class-Path: junit-3.8.1.jar log4j-1.2.13.jar And, the project's pom <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!-- Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. --> <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"; xmlns:xsi=" http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd";> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> <groupId>org.appfuse</groupId> <artifactId>quickstart</artifactId> <packaging>jar</packaging> <name>AppFuse QuickStart</name> <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version> <inceptionYear>2006</inceptionYear> <url>http://appfuse.dev.java.net</url> <prerequisites> <maven>2.0.4</maven> </prerequisites> <!-- <scm> <connection>scm:svn: https://appfuse.dev.java.net/svn/appfuse/trunk/quickstart</connection> <developerConnection>scm:svn: https://appfuse.dev.java.net/svn/appfuse/trunk/quickstart </developerConnection> <url> https://appfuse.dev.java.net/source/browse/appfuse/trunk/quickstart</url> </scm> --> <licenses> <license> <name>The Apache Software License, Version 2.0</name> <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt</url> <distribution>repo</distribution> </license> </licenses> <developers> <developer> <id>dlwhitehurst</id> <name>David Whitehurst</name> <email>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</email> <organization>CIBERsites ADM US</organization> <timezone>-6</timezone> </developer> </developers> <build> <defaultGoal>install</defaultGoal> <plugins> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId> <configuration> <source>1.5</source> <target>1.5</target> </configuration> </plugin> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId> <configuration> <archive> <manifest> <mainClass>org.appfuse.ApplicationMain</mainClass> <packageName>org.appfuse</packageName> <addClasspath>true</addClasspath> </manifest> </archive> </configuration> </plugin> <plugin> <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId> <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId> <executions> <execution> <goals> <goal>exec</goal> </goals> </execution> </executions> <configuration> <executable>java</executable> <arguments> <argument>-jar</argument> <argument>-classpath</argument> <classpath> <!-- automatically creates the classpath using all project dependencies, also adding the project build directory --> <dependency>log4j</dependency> </classpath> <argument>target/quickstart-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar</argument> </arguments> </configuration> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId> <configuration> <additionalProjectnatures> <projectnature> org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.springnature</projectnature> </additionalProjectnatures> <additionalBuildcommands> <buildcommand> org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.springbuilder</buildcommand> </additionalBuildcommands> <downloadSources>true</downloadSources> <downloadJavadocs>true</downloadJavadocs> <wtpversion>1.0</wtpversion> </configuration> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-idea-plugin</artifactId> <configuration> <downloadSources>true</downloadSources> <downloadJavadocs>true</downloadJavadocs> <dependenciesAsLibraries>true</dependenciesAsLibraries> <useFullNames>false</useFullNames> </configuration> </plugin> </plugins> </build> <repositories> <repository> <id>central</id> <url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url> </repository> </repositories> <pluginRepositories> <pluginRepository> <id>maven-snapshots</id> <url>http://snapshots.repository.codehaus.org</url> </pluginRepository> </pluginRepositories> <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>junit</groupId> <artifactId>junit</artifactId> <version>${junit.version}</version> <optional>true</optional> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>log4j</groupId> <artifactId>log4j</artifactId> <version>${log4j.version}</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>ant</groupId> <artifactId>ant</artifactId> <version>1.6.5</version> </dependency> </dependencies> <reporting> <plugins> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId> </plugin> <plugin> <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId> <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-jxr-plugin</artifactId> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId> </plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId> </plugin> </plugins> </reporting> <properties> <junit.version>3.8.1</junit.version> <log4j.version>1.2.13</log4j.version> </properties> </project>
