Build java project jar and then zip files and jar using Maven

Question

I am trying to generate a jar for a Java project and then zip the jar file and the lib directory using the maven-assembly-plugin but it does not include the project jar in the zip file. Whatever I try out has some issue or the other. Does anyone have a similar example?

Answer 1

try this

pom.xml

...
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>2.4</version>
                <configuration>
                    <archive>
                        <manifest>
                            <addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
                            <classpathPrefix>lib/</classpathPrefix>
                        </manifest>
                    </archive>
                    <descriptors>
                        <descriptor>src/assembly/assembly.xml</descriptor>
                    </descriptors>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
...

assembly.xml

<assembly>
    <id>assembly</id>
    <formats>
        <format>zip</format>
    </formats>
    <dependencySets>
        <dependencySet>
            <useProjectArtifact>false</useProjectArtifact>
            <outputDirectory>/lib</outputDirectory>
            <unpack>false</unpack>
        </dependencySet>
    </dependencySets>
    <fileSets>
        <fileSet>
            <directory>${project.build.directory}</directory>
            <outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
            <includes>
                <include>*.jar</include>
            </includes>
        </fileSet>
    </fileSets>
</assembly>