How to copy local jars in Maven when building JavaFX executable? - jar

Question

I finally got Maven to build a JavaFX executable jar with this pom:
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-configuration</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-configuration</artifactId>
<version>1.7</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>net.sf.opencsv</groupId>
<artifactId>opencsv</artifactId>
<version>2.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>ProtocolAnalyzer</groupId>
<artifactId>com.protocolanalyzer.api</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>
<scope>system</scope>
<systemPath>${project.basedir}/libs/Protocol-decoder.jar</systemPath>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>ProtocolAnalyzer</groupId>
<artifactId>bluecove</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>
<scope>system</scope>
<systemPath>${project.basedir}/libs/bluecove-2.1.1-SNAPSHOT.jar</systemPath>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.zenjava</groupId>
<artifactId>javafx-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>8.1.1</version>
<configuration>
<mainClass>com.andres.multiwork.pc.Main</mainClass>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.5.1</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.8</source>
<target>1.8</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
This works perfectly: I get an executable jar and a lib folder in the same directory of my jar where all the libraries are copied.
But I have two local jars (Protocol-decoder.jar and bluecove-2.1.1-SNAPSHOT.jar) that I added as dependencies. However, they are not being copied to the lib folder or being added in the classpath in the manifest inside the jar.
I'm new to Maven but I think that maven-resources-plugin is the plugin that copies the dependencies to the lib folder. How I can tell Maven or the plugin to also copy my local dependencies. Is this possible without creating a local Maven repository and adding my jars there?

Answer 1

You are looking for maven-dependency-plugin, goal copy-dependencies.
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>copy-dependencies</id>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>