I have a maven project which I have say spring framework libraries as dependencies, I want to copy spring framework dependencies with there transitive dependencies to a location specified.
I have gone through maven dependency plugin guides at apache, I have several options where non of them will solve the complete problem.
copy dependencies option
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.8</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>copy-dependencies</id>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/alternateLocation</outputDirectory>
<overWriteReleases>false</overWriteReleases>
<overWriteSnapshots>false</overWriteSnapshots>
<overWriteIfNewer>true</overWriteIfNewer>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
This will copy all the dependencies and there transitives to a given location, I want only spring dependencies and there transitives.
copying specific artifacts
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.8</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>copy</id>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>copy</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<artifactItems>
<artifactItem>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
<version>3.2.4.RELEASE</version>
<type>jar</type>
<overWrite>false</overWrite> <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/alternateLocation</outputDirectory>
<destFileName>optional-new-name.jar</destFileName>
</artifactItem>
</artifactItems>
<outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/wars</outputDirectory>
<overWriteReleases>false</overWriteReleases>
<overWriteSnapshots>true</overWriteSnapshots>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
This is not coping the transitive dependencies.
Any solution which solve my both problems.
This is possible with the assembly plugin.
Plugin configuration:
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1.0</version>
<configuration>
<descriptors>
<descriptor>src/assembly/assembly.xml</descriptor>
</descriptors>
<finalName>plugins</finalName> <!--folder name in target directory-->
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>some-id</id> <!-- must match assembly id in assembly.xml-->
<phase>pre-integration-test</phase> <!-- pic -->
<goals>
<goal>single</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
assembly.xml
<assembly xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/ASSEMBLY/2.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/ASSEMBLY/2.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-2.0.0.xsd">
<id>some-id</id>
<formats>
<format>dir</format>
</formats>
<includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
<dependencySets>
<dependencySet>
<includes>
<include>
org.springframework:spring-web
</include>
</includes>
<useTransitiveDependencies>true</useTransitiveDependencies>
<useTransitiveFiltering>true</useTransitiveFiltering>
</dependencySet>
</dependencySets>
</assembly>
The important bits are <useTransitiveDependencies>true</useTransitiveDependencies> and <useTransitiveFiltering>true</useTransitiveFiltering>, which cause the include to be applied to project dependencies, but not to transitive dependencies, resulting in spring-web artifact and it's dependencies to be copied to the directory.
You can use the maven assembly plugin for this.
Check it out and specifically the dependency set:
http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/
http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly.html#class_dependencySet
You can provide an output directory and you can specify which dependencies to put in there
There is also an option: useTransitiveDependencies. Set this to true to get the behaviour you want.
Here's an option:
create module (producer) to collect dependencies and publish them as a zip.
in consumer user depencency:unpack to unpack that zip
It is cumbersome and the exclusions still need some cherry picking, but much less and it could be run in parallel threads.
Producer
<project 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>packaging</groupId>
<artifactId>jdbcdrivers</artifactId>
<packaging>zip</packaging>
<name>jdbcdrivers</name>
<dependencies>
<!-- set up deps for capture and limit their impact on anything which depends upon this module via optional-false -->
<dependency>
<groupId>net.sf.jtds</groupId>
<artifactId>jtds</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
<optional>false</optional>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.hive</groupId>
<artifactId>hive-jdbc</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
<optional>false</optional>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>postgresql</groupId>
<artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
<optional>false</optional>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>dist profile: hive jdbc driver ${baseName}</id>
<phase>prepare-package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<outputDirectory>${project.build.outputDirectory}/lib/addons/jdbcdriver/</outputDirectory>
<useBaseVersion>true</useBaseVersion>
<excludeTransitive>false</excludeTransitive>
<overWriteIfNewer>true</overWriteIfNewer>
<includeScope>test</includeScope>
<excludeScope>provided</excludeScope>
<excludeGroupIds>org.codehaus.groovy,org.apache.ivy,jdk.tools</excludeGroupIds> <!-- you might need to cherry pick excludes if scope doesn't worjk -->
<prependGroupId>true</prependGroupId>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
I have a Spring Boot application and I have created a Jar out of that. Following is my pom.xml:
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-mail</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.thymeleaf.extras</groupId>
<artifactId>thymeleaf-extras-java8time</artifactId>
<version>2.1.0.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
</dependency>
<!-- WebJars -->
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.mail</groupId>
<artifactId>mail</artifactId>
<version>1.4.7</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
<artifactId>gson</artifactId>
<version>2.6.2</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
I want to use this Jar in my other application so added this jar to my application. But when I am calling a method in that Jar, it is throwing a ClassNotFoundException.
How can I fix this issue? How can I add a dependency to a Spring Boot JAR?
By default, Spring Boot repackages your JAR into an executable JAR, and it does that by putting all of your classes inside BOOT-INF/classes, and all of the dependent libraries inside BOOT-INF/lib. The consequence of creating this fat JAR is that you can no longer use it as a dependency for other projects.
From Custom repackage classifier:
By default, the repackage goal will replace the original artifact with the repackaged one. That's a sane behaviour for modules that represent an app but if your module is used as a dependency of another module, you need to provide a classifier for the repackaged one.
The reason for that is that application classes are packaged in BOOT-INF/classes so that the dependent module cannot load a repackaged jar's classes.
If you want to keep the original main artifact in order to use it as a dependency, you can add a classifier in the repackage goal configuration:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.4.1.RELEASE</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>repackage</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<classifier>exec</classifier>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
With this configuration, the Spring Boot Maven Plugin will create 2 JARs: the main one will be the same as a usual Maven project, while the second one will have the classifier appended and be the executable JAR.
Tunaki's answer is correct but doesn't work in Spring Boot 2.
Spring Boot 1.x
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.5.20.RELEASE</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>repackage</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<classifier>exec</classifier>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
...
</plugin>
Read more
Spring Boot 2.x
If you are using spring-boot-starter-parent, the repackage goal is executed automatically in an execution with id repackage. In that setup, only the configuration should be specified as shown in the following example:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>repackage</id>
<configuration>
<classifier>exec</classifier>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
...
</plugin>
Read more
For Spring Boot 2 #Tunaki's answer must be modified a bit according to the documentation if spring-boot-starter-parent is used as parent :
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>repackage</id>
<configuration>
<classifier>exec</classifier>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
Take note of the extra <id>repackage</id> necessary to overwrite to execution from the spring-boot-starter-parent.
if you want to use the spring-boot project as a dependency and same time want to run as a spring-boot jar then use the below configuration. by the below configuration, you can achieve two goals.
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>build information</id>
<goals>
<goal>build-info</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>repackage</id>
<configuration>
<classifier>exec</classifier>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
This configuration creates two jars as shown below example screenshot:
What #Tunaki stated was mostly correct but the one missing part based on your original question was:
This throwing ClassNotFoundException. The External jar's used in
spring boot application is missing.
This is due to the fact that the FatJAR created from the maven packaging has the dependent libraries specified in a specific location that works for how Spring Boot executes the application. If you are just adding the JAR to another application's classpath then you should do what #Tunaki said and also include the dependent JAR files to the classpath. The best way to work with this is to use the Maven Dependency Plugin specifically targetting the dependency:copy-dependencies mojo to download all the dependencies into a folder that you can then specify as a library path when compiling the other application.
You can extend your project by maven-assembly-plugin
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1.0</version>
<configuration>
<descriptorRefs>
<descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
</descriptorRefs>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>make-assembly</id>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>single</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
After the build you will get 3 jars. The main one will be the same as a usual Maven project, while the second one will have the classifier appended with exec and be the executable JAR. The third jar name will be appended by jar-with-dependencies and will contain your classes with classes added as dependencies in your spring boot application(spring-boot-starter-web, thymeleaf,...), so into the pom of the application where you want to add that project as dependencie you won't have to add dependencies from spring boot project.
Use the build section provided below, it will do three things:
Create the spring boot jar using spring-boot-maven-plugin
Create a normal jar with your source code compiled classes using maven-assembly-plugin
Install the normal jar into the m2 folder locally
If you want to deploy the normal jar into a remote repository, configure the deploy plugin
<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">
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>single</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<appendAssemblyId>true</appendAssemblyId>
<descriptors>
<descriptor>src/main/resources/sources-jar-build.xml</descriptor>
</descriptors>
<finalName>${pom.artifactId}-${pom.version}</finalName>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>install-file</id>
<goals>
<goal>install-file</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<file>${pom.artifactId}-${pom.version}</file>
<artifactId>${pom.artifactId}</artifactId>
<groupId>${pom.groupId}</groupId>
<version>${pom.version}</version>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
Place the below content in a file named "sources-jar-build.xml", into resources folder:
<assembly
xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.2"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.2 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-1.1.2.xsd">
<id>sources</id>
<includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
<formats>
<format>jar</format>
</formats>
<fileSets>
<fileSet>
<directory>${project.basedir}/target/classes</directory>
<outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
</fileSet>
</fileSets>
</assembly>
use below plugin for spring boot version 2.*
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.2.1.RELEASE</version>
<configuration>
<classifier>exec</classifier>
</configuration>
</plugin>
All existing answers are made under the assumption that the Spring Boot project upon which another project should depend is an application, which is fair enough since the question is phrased like that.
But if the underlying project is meant to be used as a library only, i.e. it contains no (sensible) Main class, there is obviously no executable code that needs to be repackaged at all.
So in that case, it makes more sense to skip the repackaging entirely like this:
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>repackage</id>
<configuration>
<skip>true</skip>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
I used version 2.2.5 and it's working. add it to your pom.xml
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.2.5.RELEASE</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>repackage</id>
<configuration>
<classifier>exec</classifier>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
You can setup your projects so that the batch launcher relies on a jar, which would be shared with your other application.
Said differently, as per your initial request :
I want to use this Jar in my other application so added this jar to my application.
Let's say your jar is your project A, and your application is your project B.
Now, what I suggest, is that you remove the launching part from A ;
then you put it into a new project C, that would embed Spring Boot, and that would rely almost totally on A.
Then, since A is now a simple jar, B can use it as a dependency.
any project if you want add as a dependency you need that project <groupId>,<artifactId>,<version>, with these details you can add your project as a dependency in another module or application
for ex: your application pom details
<project
<groupId>com.sample</groupId>
<artifactId>sampleapp</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
</project>`
your dependency as like below
<dependency>
<groupId>com.sample</groupId>
<artifactId>sampleapp</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>
</dependency>
I have a number of Entity classes in a shared project.
In order to get JPA working properly, I need these class files in the classes folder and not inside the jar.
How would I go about doing this in maven?
Is there a specific maven plugin I can use?
Source:
project1/src/main/java/org/something/SomeClass.java
project2/src/main/java/org/somethingElse/SomeEntity.java
Target:
project1/target/classes/org/something/SomeClass.java
project1/target/classes/org/somethingElse/SomeEntity.java
Alternative approaches are also OK.
Update:
Use Case:
I have multiple projects.
One project is the core library for all things shared.
This includes a bunch of entity classes that have PersistanceUnit Entity Managers injected.
The issue arises when i try to use these entity classes because the entity manager is no longer injected. Additionally when I manually specify the entity manager, it doesn't recognize any of the entity classes in the shared jar.
Try
Unpacking specific artifacts
Sample config from docs:
<project>
[...]
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.10</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>unpack</id>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>unpack</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<artifactItems>
<artifactItem>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>3.8.1</version>
<type>jar</type>
<overWrite>false</overWrite>
<outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/alternateLocation</outputDirectory>
<destFileName>optional-new-name.jar</destFileName>
<includes>**/*.class,**/*.xml</includes>
<excludes>**/*test.class</excludes>
</artifactItem>
</artifactItems>
<includes>**/*.java</includes>
<excludes>**/*.properties</excludes>
<outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/wars</outputDirectory>
<overWriteReleases>false</overWriteReleases>
<overWriteSnapshots>true</overWriteSnapshots>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
[...]
</project>
I´m looking to improve the performance of my application, which has two types of reports, and compile then at execution time like this :
final JasperDesign design = JRXmlLoader.load(input);
final JasperReport compiledReport = JasperCompileManager.compileReport(design);
This code executes every time when the user wants to see the report on the app.
To avoid this, I´m trying to execute the compilation of the .jrxml through maven jasperreports plugin, but it doesn't work, and there isn't an error on console.
The .jasper files don't appear in my directory "outputDirectory".
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>jasperreports-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>compile</phase>
<inherited>false</inherited>
<goals>
<goal>compile-reports</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<sourceDirectory>src/main/resources/reports</sourceDirectory>
<outputDirectory>src/main/resources/reports/jasper</outputDirectory>
<compiler>net.sf.jasperreports.engine.design.JRJdtCompiler</compiler>
</configuration>
</plugin>
I know this is old, but this happened to me when I defined the plugin in the <pluginManagement> section of the POM instead of in <plugins>.
This was the pom config I used
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>jasperreports-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.0-beta-2</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>compile-reports</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<!-- jrxml file directory-->
<sourceDirectory>src\\main\\resources\\reports\\template</sourceDirectory>
<sourceFileExt>.jrxml</sourceFileExt>
<compiler>net.sf.jasperreports.engine.design.JRJavacCompiler</compiler>
<!-- Destination for jasper file -->
<outputDirectory>src\\main\\resources\\reports\\jasper</outputDirectory>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
<dependencies>
<!-- These plugins are used to specify correct version for jrxml xml validation -->
<dependency>
<groupId>net.sf.jasperreports</groupId>
<artifactId>jasperreports</artifactId>
<version>4.5.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
<version>1.2.16</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
I have an artifact which is being built and deployed in a particular way (not as a jar file). In the course of deployment, a war file is built.
How can I configure the pom so that the artifact is also deployed as a jar file, to a different location?
Maven deploy means deploy artifact to a Maven Repository, not an application server.
Configure additional JAR artifact like this:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>make-a-jar</id>
<phase>compile</phase>
<goals>
<goal>jar</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
Attach this new artifact to your project:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.7</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>attach-artifacts</id>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>attach-artifact</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<artifacts>
<artifact>
<file>${project.build.directory}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}.jar</file>
<!-- <file>${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}.jar</file> - if finalName is defined -->
<type>jar</type>
</artifact>
</artifacts>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
This blog post and its comments have the answer.
These three plugin configurations will allow you to build/install/deploy a jar version alongside the war.
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>make-a-jar</id>
<phase>compile</phase>
<goals>
<goal>jar</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>install</phase>
<goals>
<goal>install-file</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<artifactId>${project.artifactId}</artifactId>
<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
<version>${project.version}</version>
<file>
${project.build.directory}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}.jar
</file>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>deploy</phase>
<goals>
<goal>deploy-file</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<generatePom>true</generatePom>
<url>${project.distributionManagement.repository.url}</url>
<artifactId>${project.artifactId}</artifactId>
<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
<version>${project.version}</version>
<file>${project.build.directory}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}.jar</file>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
The "maven way" is to split out src/main/java into a separate module, and have the war file depend on that.
If you're absolutely resistant to that approach, you may be able to use a profile to alter the contents of the packaging element. I'm not sure if that's possible though.
Separating them is the right way to go. Forcing maven to produce a war and a jar in the same module is possible but will cause you problems down the road.
You should add the corresponding dependency of the artifact in the dependencies of the pom file.
Ex:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.myfaces.core</groupId>
<artifactId>myfaces-api</artifactId>
<version>1.2.2</version>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
One way to solve this is to have the module build a jar and then use the assembly plugin to build a war file with the jar in WEB-INF/lib of that war. I would strongly recommend against this. You'd be better off having a jar project and a war project with a parent project building both modules.