I won't speak for best practices but typically you would create another
module to do the packaging (similar to some of the EAR examples).
For a simple command-line application, my guess is one pom and one assembly
descriptor will be enough. For my command-line tool I generate the jar and
then assemble the whole applicaiton like so:
snippet from my assembly descriptor XML file:
<fileSets>
<fileSet>
<directory>target</directory>
<outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
<includes>
<include>*.jar</include>
</includes>
</fileSet>
<fileSet>
<outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
<directory>dist</directory>
<includes>
<include>*</include>
</includes>
</fileSet>
</fileSets>
Basically dist has some extra static files in it, target is where the JAR
gets built, and then the assembly plugin builds everything together.
-aps
On 12/4/06, Eric Wang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
My project is a simple command-line application. I didn't think it
required multiple modules so I never looked into that. Is that the
preferred way to accomplish what I'm describing? Basically, I just
want to include my assembly jar along with a few other files inside a
zip file.
On 12/4/06, Alexander Sack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Quick question, why can't you have two sub modules under your POM, one
that
> generates an assembly, the other generating the final output with the
other
> assembly included? (you get the idea)
>
> -aps
>
> On 12/4/06, Eric Wang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi, I'm new to Maven so forgive me if this something really obvious. I
> > looked through the assembly plugin documentation and searched the
> > archives, but couldn't find anything covering my use case.
> >
> > I'm building an assembly using the built-in "jar-with-dependencies"
> > descriptor. That works great. I'd like to include the generated
> > assembly inside another custom assembly. The custom assembly would be
> > a zip file containing my jar (generated with the
> > "jar-with-dependencies" descriptor) along with some other supporting
> > files located in my project root folder.
> >
> > Is something like this possible? I've tried messing around with my
> > custom descriptor, but to no avail. I can generate the zip file, but
> > it doesn't contain my jar, only the supporting files. If I'm going in
> > the wrong direction with this, I'd appreciate if someone could let me
> > know. Thanks.
> >
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