Import spring boot app into another project - maven

Question

So I am attempting to add a spring boot executable jar as a dependency in another project (Testing framework).
However once added to the pom and imported. Java imports don't work properly. If I look inside the jar all packages are prepended with:
BOOT-INF/classes.some.package.classname.class
There is also some spring boot related packages, MANIFEST etc etc.
Not if I switch the spring boot app's build to just install and deploy a regular jar using the spring-boot-maven-plugin
This changes and everything works fine. Unfortunately this is not a solution for us as we lean on the executable jar as part of our release process.
Can I build a deploy both versions of the jar and use a classifier to determine each?
Thanks

Answer 1

Turns out this exact scenario can be achieved using the spring-boot-maven-plugin.
Spring boot app's pom:
<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>
project using the spring boot jar can be added as normal:
<dependency>
<groupId>com.springboot</groupId>
<artifactId>app</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
OR if you want to reference the executible jar
<dependency>
<groupId>com.springboot</groupId>
<artifactId>app</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<scope>test</scope>
<classifier>exec</classifier>
</dependency>