Ok so then what good is the 

 <addClasspath>true</addClasspath>

tag?


Stephen Connolly-2 wrote:
> 
> I suggest you have a look at the jar specification... you'll find that jar
> files do not currently support nested jar files
> 
> 2008/10/1 SophosGuy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
>>
>> I am trying to include my dependancy jars in a file inside the jar, in
>> order
>> to make it easier on users by not requiring making sure files are in the
>> right place or class path is set up right. So I first copy all
>> dependancies
>> using the maven-dependency-plugin then I want to use the maven-jar-plugin
>> to
>> add the classpath to the manifest and then include the jars for these
>> dependancies together.
>>
>>
>> Basically how do I add additional files to the JAR using
>> maven-jar-plugin?
>>
>> Here is what I am doing
>> <plugin>
>>                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
>>                    <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
>>                    <executions>
>>                      <execution>
>>                        <id>copy-dependencies</id>
>>                        <phase>package</phase>
>>                        <goals>
>>                          <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
>>                        </goals>
>>                        <configuration>
>>
>> <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes/lib</outputDirectory>
>>                          <overWriteReleases>false</overWriteReleases>
>>                          <overWriteSnapshots>true</overWriteSnapshots>
>>                        </configuration>
>>                      </execution>
>>                    </executions>
>>                  </plugin>
>>          <plugin>
>>                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
>>                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
>>                <version>2.2</version>
>>                <configuration>
>>                    <archive>
>>                        <!--
>>                        <index>true</true>
>>                        -->
>>                        <includes>
>>                            <include>**/classes/lib/*</include>
>>                        </includes>
>>                        <manifest>
>>                            <addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
>>                            <classpathPrefix>lib/</classpathPrefix>
>>
>>
>>                        </manifest>
>>                    </archive>
>>                </configuration>
>>            </plugin>
>>
>> This throws me an error
>>
>> [INFO]
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> [ERROR] BUILD ERROR
>> [INFO]
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> [INFO] Failed to configure plugin parameters for:
>> org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-jar-plugin:2.2
>>
>>
>>
>> Cause: Cannot find setter nor field in
>> org.apache.maven.archiver.MavenArchiveConfiguration for 'includes'
>> [INFO]
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> [INFO] Trace
>> org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Error
>> configuring:
>> org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-jar-plugin. Reason: Unable to parse the
>> created DOM for plugin configuration
>>        at
>>
>> org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:587)
>>        at
>>
>> org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalWithLifecycle(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:499)
>>        at
>>
>> org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoal(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:478)
>>        at
>>
>> org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalAndHandleFailures(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:330)
>>        at
>>
>> org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeTaskSegments(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:291)
>>        at
>>
>> org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:142)
>>        at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:336)
>>        at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:129)
>>        at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:287)
>>        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
>>        at
>>
>> sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
>>        at
>>
>> sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
>>        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
>>        at
>> org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:315)
>>        at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:255)
>>        at
>> org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:430)
>>        at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:375)
>> Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.PluginConfigurationException: Error
>> configuring: org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-jar-plugin. Reason: Unable to
>> parse the created DOM for plugin configuration
>>        at
>>
>> org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.populatePluginFields(DefaultPluginManager.java:1288)
>>        at
>>
>> org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.getConfiguredMojo(DefaultPluginManager.java:661)
>>        at
>>
>> org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultPluginManager.java:429)
>>        at
>>
>> org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:558)
>>        ... 16 more
>> Caused by:
>> org.codehaus.plexus.component.configurator.ComponentConfigurationException:
>> Cannot find setter nor field in
>> org.apache.maven.archiver.MavenArchiveConfiguration for 'includes'
>>        at
>>
>> org.codehaus.plexus.component.configurator.converters.ComponentValueSetter.<init>(ComponentValueSetter.java:68)
>>        at
>>
>> org.codehaus.plexus.component.configurator.converters.composite.ObjectWithFieldsConverter.processConfiguration(ObjectWithFieldsConverter.java:134)
>>        at
>>
>> org.codehaus.plexus.component.configurator.converters.composite.ObjectWithFieldsConverter.fromConfiguration(ObjectWithFieldsConverter.java:90)
>>        at
>>
>> org.codehaus.plexus.component.configurator.converters.ComponentValueSetter.configure(ComponentValueSetter.java:247)
>>        at
>>
>> org.codehaus.plexus.component.configurator.converters.composite.ObjectWithFieldsConverter.processConfiguration(ObjectWithFieldsConverter.java:137)
>>        at
>>
>> org.codehaus.plexus.component.configurator.BasicComponentConfigurator.configureComponent(BasicComponentConfigurator.java:56)
>>        at
>>
>> org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.populatePluginFields(DefaultPluginManager.java:1282)
>>        ... 19 more
>>
>>
>>
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