Name: Apache Maven JAR Plugin

Description: Builds a Java Archive (JAR) file from the compiled project classes and resources.

Plugin coordinates:
Group Id: org.apache.maven.plugins
Artifact Id: maven-jar-plugin
Version: 3.1.2

Goal Prefix: jar

The goal help:help gives general information about the jar plugin and lists its goals:
$ mvn jar:help $ mvn jar:help -Ddetail=true -Dgoal=jar
The goal help:describe gives detailed information about the jar and lists its goals:
$ mvn help:describe -Dplugin="org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-jar-plugin" $ mvn help:describe -Dplugin="org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-jar-plugin" -Ddetail=true -Dgoal=jar
The jar plugin has the following goals:

• help: Displays help information on maven-jar-plugin.
  
  
• jar: Builds a JAR from the current project.
  
  
• test-jar: Builds a JAR of the test classes for the current project.
  

<plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.1.2</version> <configuration> <archive> <manifest> <addClasspath>true</addClasspath> <mainClass>mtitek.maven.jar.samples.App</mainClass> <addDefaultImplementationEntries>true</addDefaultImplementationEntries> </manifest> <manifestEntries> <Implementation-Build>${project.version}</Implementation-Build> </manifestEntries> </archive> </configuration> <executions> <execution> <id>default-jar</id> <phase>package</phase> <goals> <goal>jar</goal> </goals> </execution> <execution> <id>test-jar</id> <phase>package</phase> <goals> <goal>test-jar</goal> </goals> </execution> </executions> </plugin>