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M- > Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2014 11:49:44 -0400 > Subject: Re: Running maven shade on a preexisting jar > From: bimargul...@gmail.com > To: users@maven.apache.org > > Ignore the sales pitch and the unpacking complexity. > > 1. Make an ordinary new project with no source code. > > 2. List your jar as a dependency. > > 3. Configure shade. It can be configured to operate on dependencies. > On Jul 8, 2014 6:30 AM, "james northrup" <northrup.ja...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > MG: sure or > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Decompiler > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 4:13 PM, Martin Gainty <mgai...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > From: northrup.ja...@gmail.com > > > > Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2014 14:31:31 -0700 > > > > Subject: Re: Running maven shade on a preexisting jar > > > > To: users@maven.apache.org > > > > > > > > shade is a uber jar plugin. there are 3 uber jar plugins that matter, > > > > shade, maven-assembly, and proguard. > > > > > > > > for beginners: > > > > all of them work more or less by merging a project into a single new > > jar > > > > just reading the pom dependencies. > > > > > > > > maven assembly does the least work. good for quick jobs > > > > > > > > shade-plugin sometimes does a good job but imho if it works once you > > are > > > > buying into a false sense of security and will be bitten as you grow a > > > > project. > > > > > > > > proguard is industrial strength and imho returns the best result for > > > > investing in rtfm. > > > > > > > > all of the above have a special configs to do parts and pieces. a > > > > beginner's mistake would be to pursue that course of action. don't. > > > make > > > > a simple uber-jar project with one output jar combined from all of the > > > > input jars, and learn how to exclude collisions. > > > > > > > > if you have some proprietary jar with no source spend some time with > > jad > > > > to make source and refactor your packages to do the above, "simple" > > > > uber-jar > > > MG>James i had some difficulty locating Java Decompiler (JAD) ..can i > > > assume this is JAD repository we should reference? > > > MG>http://varaneckas.com/jad/ > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 2:15 PM, Robert James <srobertja...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > How do I run Maven Shade on a standalone jar (ie with no sources to > > > > > build from)? Please realize that I'm a beginner to Maven. > > > > > > > > > > On 7/7/14, james northrup <northrup.ja...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > hi shade can possibly juxtapose jar deps diffrently from one build > > > to the > > > > > > next in my experience. if you think you are having collisions you > > > should > > > > > > probably do 2 things > > > > > > > > > > > > 1) use <exclude> on the older jar from the older <dependency> to > > > avoid > > > > > the > > > > > > collision > > > > > > 2) see if proguard fixes what shade breaks, if shade stays broken > > > after > > > > > #1. > > > > > > it's pretty intense > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 12:21 PM, Robert James < > > > srobertja...@gmail.com> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >> I have a jar that I need to shade - that is, change the name of > > many > > > > > >> of the internal classes (to avoid conflicts with another jar) > > except > > > > > >> for a few classes which remain exposed. The jar is already built, > > > > > >> source is not at hand. How can I use maven shade to shade that > > jar? > > > > > >> > > > > > >> (Disclaimer: I'm a maven neophyte) > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > > > > > >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Jim Northrup * (408) 837-2270 * > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Jim Northrup * (408) 837-2270 * > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Jim Northrup * (408) 837-2270 * > >
