Packaging separate jar file to war file in maven

Question

I have created a web application using Java. According to the design, I have created a plugin for that web application. When I am releasing the package, I want to package that plugin's jar file in to the "WEB-INF/lib" directory. I am just copying the jar file manually. Instead of that, are there any capabilities to handle those things using maven? I don't want to add that plugin in to the web application as a dependancy.

Answer 1

You can specify it within the maven war plugin. Please see below.

Let

jar file -> jarfile.jar

jar file path -> jarFilePath ( with reference to base dir )

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
    <configuration>
        <webResources>
            <!--jarfile.jar file in to the WEB-INF/lib folder -->
            <resource>
                <directory>jarFilePath</directory>
                <includes>
                    <include>jarfile.jar</include>
                </includes>
                <targetPath>WEB-INF/lib</targetPath>
            </resource>
        </webResources>
    </configuration>
</plugin>