Plugin to generate jars with module information as Maven Plugin

Plugin Jar Module Maven Plugin

This is a plugin for maven to use the module system added to java with the version 9.

It supports an easy task to update the main class in the jar. It is set to the same class as it is found in the manifest information. It also can clean the jar of unused information.

The main usage is to jlink the jar and its dependencies to one application.

You can also create an installer for your application based on the application. (Only oracle java 9 and 10)

Goals Overview

General information about the goals.

jar-module:jar the goal to clean the jar.
jar-module:jlink the goal to call jlink for a jar.
jar-module:javapackager the goal to call javapackager for the jar.

Usage

General instructions on how to use the Plugin Name can be found on the usage page. Some more specific use cases are described in the examples given below.

Examples

To provide you with better understanding of some usages of the Plugin Name, you can take a look into the following examples:

Example set main class in module-info
Example call jlink for the module(jar)
Example call javapackager for the module(jar)