Making a runnable .jar with dependent libraries for dummys

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Making a runnable .jar with dependent libraries for dummys..

Can someone outline the steps I have to take to making a runnable .jar with dependent libraries for dummy with Maven and Eclipse.

I want to use Maven to load the dependent jars but will be using eclipse to do all my coding.... can this be done? I started a projects but Eclipses does not see the dependent libs in my pom.xml file so I am getting errors as I am coding.

Here is my pom.xml

<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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <groupId>org.runnablejar</groupId>
    <artifactId>RunnableJAR</artifactId>
    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>

    <name>RunnableJAR</name>
    <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>

    <properties>
        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
    </properties>

    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>junit</groupId>
            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
            <version>3.8.1</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
            <version>1.2.17</version>
        </dependency>

    </dependencies>

    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
                <configuration>
                    <descriptorRefs>
                        <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
                    </descriptorRefs>
                    <archive>
                        <manifest>
                            <mainClass>fully.qualified.MainClass</mainClass>
                        </manifest>
                    </archive>
                </configuration>
                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <phase>package</phase>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>single</goal>
                        </goals>
                    </execution>
                </executions>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>

</project>

and I dont know why this code is giving me errors in eclipses

package org.runnablejar.RunnableJAR;


import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;

/**
 * Hello world!
 *
 */
public class App 
{
    private static Log log = LogFactory.getLog(App.class.getName());

    public static void main( String[] args )
    {
        System.out.println( "Hello World!" );
    }
}

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 14 '12 at 22:28

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You could either:

Use the m2eclipse Maven plugin for Eclipse to make the project maven-aware,
Use the mvn eclipse:eclipse maven goal to generate a proper .classpath file.

answered Sep 14 '12 at 22:28

Xavi López

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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Google told me that this question could be helpful. It seems to point to the Maven Assembly Plugin. Is that what you are looking for?

edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

Community

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answered Sep 14 '12 at 22:18

Pao

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i understand that part but how do I make eclipse see the JARS that I have in my pom.xml – techsjs2012 Sep 14 '12 at 22:28
See the jars? Maven should download the jars and put them in Maven Dependencies in Eclipse. – Pao Sep 14 '12 at 22:38
i can see them in the Maven Dependencies in Eclipse but I am still getting a error can you look at the pox and let me know if something is not right – techsjs2012 Sep 14 '12 at 22:40

Making a runnable .jar with dependent libraries for dummys

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