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Posted to users@maven.apache.org by Richard Chamberlain <ri...@caplin.com> on 2007/12/04 20:58:33 UTC

custom manifest file still using dependencies

Hi,
 
I'm packaging my app in a zip.
 
However if i want to use java -jar myapp.jar i have to include the dependencies in my manifest file.
 
I've done this using:
 
   <plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
    <configuration>
     <archive>
      <manifest>
       <mainClass>
        myapp.MainClass
       </mainClass>
       <addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
      </manifest>
     </archive>
    </configuration>
   </plugin>

However there are > 20 dependencies and the manifest file requires them to be in the same directory.

I'd like to put all my dependencies in a "lib" folder and have my manifest file locate them. It's neat that the manifest file gets generated from the dependecies, so i dont want to maintain my own manifest file. Ialso like the way that the dependencies are external to the jar.

Can anyone help?

Thanks,

Rich


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Re: custom manifest file still using dependencies

Posted by Wayne Fay <wa...@gmail.com>.
You are welcome to post a bug in JIRA or offer up a documentation
patch if you feel this would be beneficial for other users.

Wayne

On 12/5/07, Richard Chamberlain <ri...@caplin.com> wrote:
> Aha! rooting around for a bit, there is <classpathprefix> which prepends the "lib" part to each dependency. I'd have hoped that would be on the plugin homepage :(
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rich
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: Richard Chamberlain [mailto:richard.chamberlain@caplin.com]
> Sent: Tue 04/12/2007 19:58
> To: users@maven.apache.org
> Subject: custom manifest file still using dependencies
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm packaging my app in a zip.
>
> However if i want to use java -jar myapp.jar i have to include the dependencies in my manifest file.
>
> I've done this using:
>
>   <plugin>
>    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
>    <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
>    <configuration>
>     <archive>
>      <manifest>
>       <mainClass>
>        myapp.MainClass
>       </mainClass>
>       <addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
>      </manifest>
>     </archive>
>    </configuration>
>   </plugin>
>
> However there are > 20 dependencies and the manifest file requires them to be in the same directory.
>
> I'd like to put all my dependencies in a "lib" folder and have my manifest file locate them. It's neat that the manifest file gets generated from the dependecies, so i dont want to maintain my own manifest file. Ialso like the way that the dependencies are external to the jar.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rich
>
>
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RE: custom manifest file still using dependencies

Posted by Richard Chamberlain <ri...@caplin.com>.
Aha! rooting around for a bit, there is <classpathprefix> which prepends the "lib" part to each dependency. I'd have hoped that would be on the plugin homepage :(
 
Cheers,
 
Rich

________________________________

From: Richard Chamberlain [mailto:richard.chamberlain@caplin.com]
Sent: Tue 04/12/2007 19:58
To: users@maven.apache.org
Subject: custom manifest file still using dependencies



Hi,

I'm packaging my app in a zip.

However if i want to use java -jar myapp.jar i have to include the dependencies in my manifest file.

I've done this using:

   <plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
    <configuration>
     <archive>
      <manifest>
       <mainClass>
        myapp.MainClass
       </mainClass>
       <addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
      </manifest>
     </archive>
    </configuration>
   </plugin>

However there are > 20 dependencies and the manifest file requires them to be in the same directory.

I'd like to put all my dependencies in a "lib" folder and have my manifest file locate them. It's neat that the manifest file gets generated from the dependecies, so i dont want to maintain my own manifest file. Ialso like the way that the dependencies are external to the jar.

Can anyone help?

Thanks,

Rich


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