Hi, Take a look at the Maven Assembly Plugin [1], especially its unpack goal [2] in combination with the predefined descriptor "jar-with-dependencies" [3]. I think this does exactly what you want.
Hth, [1] http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/ [2] http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/unpack-mojo.html [3] http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/descriptor-refs.html#jar-with-dependencies Nick Stolwijk ~Java Developer~ Iprofs BV. Claus Sluterweg 125 2012 WS Haarlem www.iprofs.nl On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 5:57 AM, Wayne Fay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/18/08, sairndain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > What I want to do is create a java application jar that also includes > other > > "jar" files that are required in its application's classpath.... > > You realize that "jars inside a jar" is not supported by the default > Sun JVM classloader, right? > > This is a packaging approach supported by EARs and WARs, but not JARs > unless you are running a specialized classloader. > > You can also unzip the various dependency jars (into /target) and > include them in your jar, which would give you a single (large) jar > file that can execute your app. The dependency plugin can help with > this and/or assembly plugin. > > Wayne > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
