Create an executable jar using maven

I found several resources about how to make an executable jar using maven.
I want the the executable jar file to contain all the dependencies jars that the project need .
In general the following steps are used to generate the jar file:
Create the sample eclipse project :

  1: $ mvn archetype:generate -DgroupId=my.learn -DartifactId=mavenToExeJar -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-quickstart -DinteractiveMode=false
  2: 
  3: cd mavenToExeJar
  4: 
  5: mvn eclipse:eclipse

The main class:

  1: package my.learn;
  2: import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
  3: import org.springframework.context.support.FileSystemXmlApplicationContext;
  4: public class App 
  5: {
  6:     public static void main( String[] args )
  7:     {     
  8:          ApplicationContext context = new FileSystemXmlApplicationContext(
  9:         "SpringXMLConfig.xml");
 10:          MyBean theMyBean = (MyBean) context.getBean("MyBean");
 11:        System.out.println( "Hello:" + theMyBean.getName() );
 12:     }
 13: }
 14: 

The bean :

  1: package my.learn;
  2: public class MyBean {
  3:   private String mName;
  4:   
  5:   public String getName()
  6:   {
  7:     return mName;    
  8:   }
  9:   public void setName(String pValue)
 10:   {
 11:      mName = pValue;
 12:   }  
 13: }

The spring context file

  1: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252"?>
  2: <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
  3:        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  4:        xmlns:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
  5:        xmlns:c="http://www.springframework.org/schema/c"
  6:        xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
  7:        xmlns:flow="http://www.springframework.org/schema/webflow-config"
  8:        xmlns:jms="http://www.springframework.org/schema/jms"
  9:        xmlns:lang="http://www.springframework.org/schema/lang"
 10:        xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
 11:        xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
 12:        xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
 13: 
 14:        xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.2.xsd
 15:           http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop-3.2.xsd
 16:           http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.2.xsd
 17:           http://www.springframework.org/schema/webflow-config http://www.springframework.org/schema/webflow-config/spring-webflow-config-2.0.xsd
 18:           http://www.springframework.org/schema/jms http://www.springframework.org/schema/jms/spring-jms-3.2.xsd
 19:           http://www.springframework.org/schema/lang http://www.springframework.org/schema/lang/spring-lang-3.2.xsd
 20:           http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx-3.2.xsd
 21:           http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-3.2.xsd
 22: ">
 23:     <bean id="MyBean" class="my.learn.MyBean">
 24:     <property name="name" value="Abdala" />
 25:   </bean>
 26: </beans>

The maven xml pom file :

  1:  <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  2: xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
  3: <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  4: <groupId>my.learn</groupId>
  5: <artifactId>mavenToExeJar</artifactId>
  6: <packaging>jar</packaging>
  7: <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
  8: <name>mavenToExeJar</name>
  9: <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
 10: <properties>
 11:             <jdk.version>1.6</jdk.version>
 12:  <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 13:     </properties>
 14: <dependencies>
 15: <dependency>
 16:   <groupId>junit</groupId>
 17:   <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
 18:   <version>3.8.1</version>
 19:   <scope>test</scope>
 20: </dependency>
 21: 
 22:             <!-- Spring framework -->
 23:             <dependency>
 24:              <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 25:              <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
 26:              <version>3.2.3.RELEASE</version>
 27:             </dependency> 
 28: </dependencies>
 29:    <build>
 30:        <plugins>
 31:            <plugin>
 32:                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 33:                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
 34:                   <version>2.3</version>
 35:                      <configuration>
 36:                          <archive>
 37:                              <manifest>
 38:                                  <mainClass>my.learn.App</mainClass>
 39:                                    <addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
 40:                              </manifest>
 41:                          </archive>
 42:                      </configuration>
 43:            </plugin>
 44:            <plugin>
 45:                <groupId>org.dstovall</groupId>
 46:                <artifactId>onejar-maven-plugin</artifactId>
 47:                <version>1.4.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
 48:                <executions>
 49:                    <execution>
 50:                        <configuration>
 51:                            <!-- Optional 
 52:                            <onejarVersion>0.97</onejarVersion>
 53:                            Optional, use only if you need to include native libraries(dll's)
 54:                            <directory>${project.build.directory}/dllextract</directory>
 55:                            <include>test.dll</include>
 56:                        </includes>
 57:                    </fileSet>
 58:                </binlibs>-->
 59:                <!-- Optional, default is false -->
 60:                <attachToBuild>true</attachToBuild>
 61:                <!-- Optional, default is "onejar" -->
 62:                <classifier>onejar</classifier>
 63:                        </configuration>
 64:                        <goals>
 65:                            <goal>one-jar</goal>
 66:                        </goals>
 67:                    </execution>
 68:                </executions>
 69:            </plugin>
 70:        </plugins>
 71:    </build>
 72: 
 73:          <pluginRepositories>
 74:              <pluginRepository>
 75:                  <id>onejar-maven-plugin.googlecode.com</id>
 76:                  <url>http://onejar-maven-plugin.googlecode.com/svn/mavenrepo-snapshot</url>
 77:              </pluginRepository>
 78:          </pluginRepositories>
 79:   </project>
 80:  

The folder structure

After compiling the project :
mvn compiler:compile etc
The packing stage :
mvn package
creates the  executable jar file. (don't forget to copy the spring context file to the right location )

Execute the jar file
C:\learn\java\maven\executableJar\mavenToExeJar\target>java -jar mavenToExeJar-1
.0-SNAPSHOT.one-jar.jar

and walla :
Jun 08, 2013 10:18:22 AM org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplication
Context prepareRefresh
INFO: Refreshing org.springframework.context.support.FileSystemXmlApplicationCon
text@16fdac: startup date [Sat Jun 08 10:18:22 IDT 2013]; root of context hierar
chy
Jun 08, 2013 10:18:22 AM org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinition
Reader loadBeanDefinitions
INFO: Loading XML bean definitions from file [C:\learn\java\maven\executableJar\
mavenToExeJar\target\SpringXMLConfig.xml]
Jun 08, 2013 10:18:22 AM org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListab
leBeanFactory preInstantiateSingletons
INFO: Pre-instantiating singletons in org.springframework.beans.factory.support.
DefaultListableBeanFactory@7588c: defining beans [MyBean]; root of factory hiera
rchy
Hello:Abdalla

Resources:
http://www.mkyong.com/maven/how-to-create-a-jar-file-with-maven/
http://one-jar.sourceforge.net/