Plugin Documentation
Goals available for this plugin:
Goal | Description |
---|---|
jar:help | Display help information on maven-jar-plugin.
Call mvn jar:help -Ddetail=true -Dgoal=<goal-name> to display parameter details. |
jar:jar | Build a JAR from the current project. |
jar:test-jar | Build a JAR of the test classes for the current project. |
System Requirements
The following specifies the minimum requirements to run this Maven plugin:
Maven | 3.6.3 |
JDK | 1.8 |
System Requirements History
The following specifies the minimum requirements to run this Maven plugin for historical versions:
Plugin Version | Maven | JDK |
---|---|---|
3.3.0 | 3.2.5 | 1.8 |
3.2.1 - 3.2.2 | 3.1.0 | 1.7 |
3.0.0 - 3.2.0 | 3.0 | 1.7 |
Usage
You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration:
<project> ... <build> <!-- To define the plugin version in your parent POM --> <pluginManagement> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.4.0</version> </plugin> ... </plugins> </pluginManagement> <!-- To use the plugin goals in your POM or parent POM --> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId> </plugin> ... </plugins> </build> ... </project>
For more information, see "Guide to Configuring Plug-ins"