Spring Maven boot module not creating executable jar
My POM looks like this. But the executable JAR is not created when I run "mvn clean package". However, when I remove the dependencyManagement element and add spring boot as the parent POM everything works.
What am I missing?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.example</groupId>
<artifactId>sample-boot</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<dependencyManagement>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<!-- Import dependency management from Spring Boot -->
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-dependencies</artifactId>
<version>1.2.0.M2</version>
<type>pom</type>
<scope>import</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>spring-snapshots</id>
<url>http://repo.spring.io/snapshot</url>
<snapshots>
<enabled>true</enabled>
</snapshots>
</repository>
<repository>
<id>spring-milestones</id>
<url>http://repo.spring.io/milestone</url>
</repository>
</repositories>
<pluginRepositories>
<pluginRepository>
<id>spring-snapshots</id>
<url>http://repo.spring.io/snapshot</url>
</pluginRepository>
<pluginRepository>
<id>spring-milestones</id>
<url>http://repo.spring.io/milestone</url>
</pluginRepository>
</pluginRepositories>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
You need to configure the spring-boot-maven-plugin yourself:
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.1.8.RELEASE</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>repackage</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
Obviously install your own version of the plugin. Now if you run mvn install or mvn package, you will get an executable JAR.
This is because the plugin is configured by the parent in the second case. If you want to manage your own plugins (i.e. not use the parent), you need to explicitly configure the spring boot plugin (and others).
When using Spring Boot Management (no spring-boot-starter-parent), you can still keep dependency management but not plugin management .
This means you need to provide the complete plugin (with version and other stuff).
Spring Boot so that your application will load as a test on startup mvn package
. Make sure it doesn't happen during this.
It sets the pom.xml , to create an executable jar file
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>org.executablejar</groupId>
<artifactId>demo</artifactId>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>demo Maven Webapp</name>
<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
<properties>
<java-version>1.8</java-version>
<docker.image.prefix>springDemo</docker.image.prefix>
</properties>
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>1.3.3.RELEASE</version>
</parent>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
<artifactId>tomcat-embed-jasper</artifactId>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
</plugins>
<finalName>demo</finalName>
</build>
To create an executable jar, enter the following command
$ mvn clean $ mvn install
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According to the SpringBoot doc. The plugin overwrites your manifest and specifically manages the Main-Class and Start-Class entries, so if the defaults don't work, you need to configure them (not in the plugin jar). The main class in the manifest is actually controlled by the layout property of the load module
SpringBoot Maven-plugin-not-create-executable-jar
Below is the change as per the SpringBoot docs for me.
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<mainClass>YourSpringBootJavaClass</mainClass>
<layout>WAR</layout>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>repackage</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
<finalName>yourwarfileName</finalName>
</build>
I have been building a runnable JAR (Maven POM) for a project for over a year and recently something changed and the JAR no longer contained the JAR dependencies. In the end, fixing the latest version of Spring (1.5.2.RELEASE for me at the time of writing) resolved the problem.