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Test behavior of assembled jar

I would like to write an Integration Test which test if the created jar behaves like expected. For that I have to know the path to the jar as well the name, but how to I get this Information. I do not like the idea of hard coding this. Is there a way to get the Information from maven? Or what is the best practice for that?

Solution

  • Assembled jar is placed inside directory which is accessible from maven properties

    ${project.build.directory}

    Jar name is configured in Maven Assembly Plugin or assembly descriptor. For simplicity define property project.build.finalName in your pom.xml.

    <properties>
    <project.build.finalName>my-artifact.jar</project.build.finalName>
</properties>

    After this your jar is accessible with variable:

    ${project.build.directory}/my-artifact.jar

    Simply filter this value with maven into application properties and voila :)

    Is this helping you in any way?