Exclude slf4j folder, while building maven jar-with-dependency - maven

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I am trying to exclude slf4j folder from jar while building using "maven-assembly-plugin". I tried to use exclued folder but that is not helping. The following is my POM file.
<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">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<artifactId>executor</artifactId>
<name>executor</name>
<description>Executor</description>
<parent>
<groupId>access</groupId>
<artifactId>access-parent</artifactId>
<version>${my.version}</version>
<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
</parent>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.googlecode.jmockit</groupId>
<artifactId>jmockit</artifactId>
<version>${jmockit.version}</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>${junit.version}</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- JaCoCo runtime must be in classpath for offline mode -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
<artifactId>org.jacoco.agent</artifactId>
<classifier>runtime</classifier>
<version>${jacoco.version}</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.oozie</groupId>
<artifactId>oozie-client</artifactId>
<version>${oozie.client.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>mysql</groupId>
<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
<version>${mysql.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.storm</groupId>
<artifactId>storm-core</artifactId>
<version>${storm.version}</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
</exclusion>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.storm</groupId>
<artifactId>storm-kafka</artifactId>
<version>${storm.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
<artifactId>kafka_2.10</artifactId>
<version>${kafka.version}</version>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
<artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
</exclusion>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
</exclusion>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
<artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
<version>${zookeeper.version}</version>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
</exclusion>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.codehaus.janino</groupId>
<artifactId>janino</artifactId>
<version>2.7.8</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Configuration related dependencies -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
<artifactId>gson</artifactId>
<version>2.3.1</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Cache related dependency -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
<artifactId>guava</artifactId>
<version>${guava.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Testing dependencies -->
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>${junit.version}</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
<artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
<version>1.3</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
<artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
<version>${mockito.core.version}</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
<artifactId>powermock-api-mockito</artifactId>
<version>${powermock.version}</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.powermock</groupId>
<artifactId>powermock-module-junit4</artifactId>
<version>${powermock.version}</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>jdk.tools</groupId>
<artifactId>jdk.tools</artifactId>
<version>${java.version}</version>
<scope>system</scope>
<systemPath>${java.home}/../lib/tools.jar</systemPath>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
<version>1.1.3</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
<artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
<version>1.1.3</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<artifactId>commons</artifactId>
<groupId>access</groupId>
<version>${project.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-validator</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-validator</artifactId>
<version>${commons.validator.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<artifactId>service</artifactId>
<groupId>aggregate</groupId>
<version>${service.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.hive</groupId>
<artifactId>hive-metastore</artifactId>
<version>${hive-metastore.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.hive</groupId>
<artifactId>hive-common</artifactId>
<version>${hive-common.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.thrift</groupId>
<artifactId>libthrift</artifactId>
<version>0.9.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
<version>${spring-framework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
<version>${spring-framework.version}</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<resources>
<resource>
<directory>../commons/src/main/resources</directory>
<excludes>
<exclude>config.properties</exclude>
<exclude>hibernate.cfg.xml</exclude>
<exclude>Metadata DDL.txt</exclude>
</excludes>
</resource>
</resources>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.3</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.7</source>
<target>1.7</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.6</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>execution1</id>
<configuration>
<descriptorRefs>
<descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
</descriptorRefs>
<archive>
<manifest>
<addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
<mainClass>my.main.class.Topology</mainClass>
</manifest>
<manifestEntries>
<Class-Path>conf/</Class-Path>
</manifestEntries>
</archive>
</configuration>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>single</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>execution2</id>
<configuration>
<descriptors>
<descriptor>src/main/resources/assembly.xml</descriptor>
</descriptors>
</configuration>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>single</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
<artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${jacoco.version}</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>instrument</id>
<phase>process-classes</phase>
<goals>
<goal>instrument</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>restore</id>
<phase>prepare-package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>restore-instrumented-classes</goal>
<goal>report</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.19.1</version>
<configuration>
<systemPropertyVariables>
<!-- JaCoCo runtime must know where to dump coverage: -->
<jacoco-agent.destfile>target/jacoco.exec</jacoco-agent.destfile>
</systemPropertyVariables>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<profiles>
<profile>
<id>local</id>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.storm</groupId>
<artifactId>storm-core</artifactId>
<version>0.9.5</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.6</version>
<configuration>
<descriptorRefs>
<descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
</descriptorRefs>
<finalName>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-local</finalName>
<archive>
<manifest>
<mainClass>my.main.classTopology</mainClass>
</manifest>
</archive>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>make-assembly</id>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>single</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</profile>
</profiles>
I need to exclude the slf4j folder. whenever i build the project, I can find the folder in .jar/org/slf4j directory.Thanks in advance.