gistfile1.xsl

  <build>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>RELEASE</version>
        <configuration>
          <source>1.6</source>
          <target>1.6</target>
          <fork>true</fork>
          <meminitial>128m</meminitial>
          <maxmem>1024m</maxmem>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
      
      <plugin> 
        <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId> 
        <executions> 
          <execution> 
            <id>move-main-class</id> 
            <phase>compile</phase> 
            <configuration> 
              <tasks> 
                <move todir="${project.build.directory}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}"> 
                  <fileset dir="${project.build.directory}/classes/"> 
                    <include name="Launcher*.class" /> 
                  </fileset> 
                </move> 
              </tasks> 
             </configuration> 
            <goals> 
              <goal>run</goal> 
            </goals> 
          </execution> 
        </executions> 
      </plugin>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>1.2.1</version>
        <executions>
          <execution>
            <phase>package</phase>
            <goals>
              <goal>shade</goal>
            </goals>
            <configuration>
              <transformers>
                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
                  <mainClass>Launcher</mainClass>
                </transformer>
              </transformers>
              <artifactSet>
                <excludes>
                  <exclude>org.scala-lang:scala-library</exclude>
                  <exclude>net.databinder:dispatch-twitter_2.7.5</exclude>
                  <exclude>net.databinder:dispatch-http_2.7.5</exclude>
                  <exclude>net.databinder:dispatch-json_2.7.5</exclude>
                  <exclude>net.databinder:dispatch-oauth_2.7.5</exclude>
                  <exclude>org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient</exclude>
                  <exclude>org.apache.httpcomponents:httpcore</exclude>
                  <exclude>commons-logging:commons-logging</exclude>
                  <exclude>commons-codec:commons-codec</exclude>
                  <exclude>com.xmpie.wsapi.integration:xmpie-scala-lift</exclude>
                  <exclude>com.xmpie.wsapi.integration:xmpie-scala-icp</exclude>
                  <exclude>com.xmpie.wsapi.integration:xmpie-scala</exclude>
                  <exclude>com.xmpie.wsapi:xmpie-endpoints</exclude>
                  <exclude>javax.xml.parsers:jaxp-api</exclude>
                  <exclude>com.sun.xml.ws:jaxws-rt</exclude>
                  <exclude>javax.xml.ws:jaxws-api</exclude>
                  <exclude>javax.xml.bind:jaxb-api</exclude>
                  <exclude>javax.xml.stream:stax-api</exclude>
                  <exclude>javax.activation:activation</exclude>
                  <exclude>javax.xml.soap:saaj-api</exclude>
                  <exclude>javax.annotation:jsr250-api</exclude>
                  <exclude>javax.jws:jsr181-api</exclude>
                  <exclude>com.sun.xml.bind:jaxb-impl</exclude>
                  <exclude>com.sun.xml.messaging.saaj:saaj-impl</exclude>
                  <exclude>com.sun.xml.stream.buffer:streambuffer</exclude>
                  <exclude>org.jvnet.staxex:stax-ex</exclude>
                  <exclude>com.sun.xml.stream:sjsxp</exclude>
                  <exclude>com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal:resolver</exclude>
                  <exclude>org.jvnet:mimepull</exclude>
                  <exclude>log4j:log4j</exclude>
                  <exclude>javax.mail:mail</exclude>
                  <exclude>commons-httpclient:commons-httpclient</exclude>
                  <exclude>commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload</exclude>
                  <exclude>commons-collections:commons-collections</exclude>
                  <exclude>org.jmock:jmock</exclude>
                  <exclude>org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core</exclude>
                  <exclude>org.hamcrest:hamcrest-library</exclude>
                  <exclude>cglib:cglib</exclude>
                  <exclude>asm:asm</exclude>
                  <exclude>org.objenesis:objenesis</exclude>
                  <exclude>net.liftweb:lift-util</exclude>
                  <exclude>net.liftweb:lift-record</exclude>
                  <exclude>net.liftweb:lift-webkit</exclude>
                  <exclude>net.liftweb:lift-actor</exclude>
                  <exclude>net.liftweb:lift-mapper</exclude>
                  <exclude>net.liftweb:lift-widgets</exclude>
                  <exclude>org.mortbay.jetty:servlet-api</exclude>
                  <!-- <exclude>javax.servlet:servlet-api</exclude> -->
                </excludes>
              </artifactSet>
            </configuration>
          </execution>
        </executions>
      </plugin>
      
      
      <plugin>
        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
        <configuration>
          <descriptors>
            <descriptor>src/main/assembly/deploy.xml</descriptor>
          </descriptors>
        </configuration>
        <executions>
          <execution>
            <goals>
              <goal>assembly</goal>
            </goals>
            <phase>package</phase>
          </execution>
        </executions>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>

gistfile2.java

import java.io.File;
import java.net.JarURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;
import java.security.ProtectionDomain;
import org.mortbay.jetty.Connector;
import org.mortbay.jetty.Server;
import org.mortbay.jetty.nio.SelectChannelConnector;
import org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext;
import org.mortbay.thread.BoundedThreadPool;
import org.mortbay.thread.QueuedThreadPool;

public class Launcher {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    try {
      // get the location on the filesystem of this war
      ProtectionDomain protectionDomain = Launcher.class.getProtectionDomain();
      URL location = protectionDomain.getCodeSource().getLocation();
      
      // setup a server on port 9090
      Server server = new Server();
      
      QueuedThreadPool threadPool = new QueuedThreadPool();
      threadPool.setMaxThreads(100);
      server.setThreadPool(threadPool);
      
      // setup the channel connector 
      Connector connector = new SelectChannelConnector();
      connector.setPort(9090);
      connector.setMaxIdleTime(30000);
      server.setConnectors(new Connector[]{connector});
      
      // setup the webapp
      WebAppContext webapp = new WebAppContext();
      webapp.setServer(server);
      webapp.setContextPath("/");
      webapp.setExtractWAR(false);
      webapp.setCopyWebDir(true);
      webapp.setWar(location.toExternalForm());
      
      // add this webapp to the server
      server.addHandler(webapp);
      
      // set some global server paramaters before we get going
      server.setStopAtShutdown(true);
      server.setSendServerVersion(true);
      
      // get this show on the road!
      server.start();
      server.join();
    } catch (Exception ex) {
      ex.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
}