Build a shaded/executable jar using maven

Step 1: Copy and paste the following snippet in your pom.xml

<build>

<sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>

<plugins>

<plugin>

<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>

<artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>

<version>2.4.1</version>

<configuration>

<finalName>uber-${project.groupId}-${project.version}</finalName>

</configuration>

<executions>

<execution>

<phase>package</phase>

<goals>

<goal>shade</goal>

</goals>

</execution>

</executions>

</plugin>

</plugins>

</build>

Step 2: Run mvn package

If everything is ok, you will see the shaded jar built in the target directory.

Step 3: Run an application using the target jar

java -cp uber-your-jar-file-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar packagenam.classname [argument1 argument2 ...]