How to create non-executable jar with dependencies? (multi-module) - maven

how are the pom settings for create a non-executable jar-with-dependencies? (multi-module)
I can‘t find anything working

The Maven shade plugin can help. When configuring the plugin, you can control the contents of the manifest, thus making the jar non-executable. A sample configuration is provided here.

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Include the bytecode of a JAR file in a gradle library vs. just adding it as a dependency

If I add a JAR file to a gradle project's depenencies, the code compiles just fine, but after publishing to maven (publishToMavenLocal), the classes from the JAR are not found.
Obviously, this is because the jar is added as a "dependency" and not part of the project itself. Is there a way to get the contents of the JAR file to merge into the library? Do I need to make a separate maven repo for each JAR?
You can always try to create a fat jar which includes dependencies. You can follow the instructions provided here https://www.baeldung.com/gradle-fat-jar

Does maven care about file names?

I am trying to install some dependencies using maven in a spring boot project.
I am looking for a jar
org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-resources-plugin:jar:3.1.0
But I wanna know if the jar file should have this name maven-resources-plugin, or if the file name is not important for maven. I mean if maven will automatically know which jar file should use.
I will appreciate any help or feedback.
That is a plugin, not a dependency as such (meaning that Maven needs it for building your project, your code doesn't need it to compile or run).
You should only have to specify the plugins groupId, artifactId and version plus any configuration in your pom.xml, and Maven knows exactly what jar to get and how to use it.
See https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-resources-plugin/plugin-info.html for further information.

Maven: generate MANIFEST in custom location

I am trying to retrieve the implementation title and version for a maven jar module. If I use Myclass.class.getPackage().getImplementationVersion() on the built jar, it works, but the same does not work in a debugging environment where the jar is not built, but classes are available.
I am aware of using the Maven JAR plugin to generate the MANIFEST for a maven jar module. So one approach I am considering is to somehow create a copy of the MANIFEST in the generated sources output folder, which I include in my debug classpath. To achieve this:
Is it possible to generate the MANIFEST file in a custom location? If so, what is the plugin and execution configuration necessary?
If not, in which location is the file generated, so I may copy it my custom location using the maven-resources-plugin?
The Manifest file is created dynamically when the archive is assembled. There is no default way to do this.
The easiest I would come up with is to put a MANIFEST.MF in a resource directory, let Maven filter it and add the directory with a profile. This would mimic the way Maven Archiver creates your MANIFEST.MF. The hard way would be to create a custom plugin around Maven Archiver and pass the very same config as to the JAR plugin and enable it with a profile again.

WildFly - Adding JARs to classpath

I am using WildFly 8.2.1.
I need to add specific JAR files to the class path. How can I do that?
Do I need to get inside the module hell?
All I need is to add a couple of extra Oracle JAR files to enable using TLS on the data source connection...
When you build your .war file, add them to the /WEB-INF/lib directory. They will be accessible on the classpath from there. In eclipse the eclipse maven plugin, m2e, will do it by reading your POM file, or of course, maven run by hand will do it.
In the POM file, have it packaged as a war
<packaging>war</packaging>
and declare your jar as a dependency.

Creating source and doc jars

I've noticed something really cool about the m2eclipse plugin. When I try to view source on one of the class files included by Maven, at first it's unable to show it to me, but then in the background, it downloads a src JAR and a docs JAR. For my own projects how do I make and deploy these JARs alongside my binary JAR in my Maven repository?
You can do this by attaching the source and javadocs as part of your project build. This cookbook has the maven configuration needed for it.
Maven Source Plugin: http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-source-plugin/usage.html

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