Plugin Documentation

Goals available for this plugin:

GoalDescription
jar:helpDisplay help information on maven-jar-plugin.
Call 
  mvn jar:help -Ddetail=true -Dgoal=<goal-name>
to display parameter details.
jar:jarBuild a JAR from the current project.
jar:signDeprecated. As of version 2.3, this goal is no longer supported in favor of the dedicated maven-jarsigner-plugin.
jar:sign-verifyDeprecated. As of version 2.3, this goal is no longer supported in favor of the dedicated maven-jarsigner-plugin.
jar:test-jarBuild a JAR of the test classes for the current project.

System Requirements

The following specifies the minimum requirements to run this Maven plugin:

Maven2.0.6
JDK1.4
MemoryNo minimum requirement.
Disk SpaceNo minimum requirement.

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>2.3.2</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>
        <version>2.3.2</version>
      </plugin>
      ...
    </plugins>
  </build>
  ...
</project>

For more information, see "Guide to Configuring Plug-ins"