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It creates runnable Java application that has a .dmg extension on osx. For windows, you'll need to change <executable> path and -appclass value.
<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>
<groupId>com.company</groupId>
<artifactId>Executable</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<name>Create-Executable</name>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<mainClass>com.company.App</mainClass>
</properties>
<build>
<plugins>
<!-- https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-shade-plugin/examples/executable-jar.html -->
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.4.2</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>shade</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<transformers>
<transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
<mainClass>${mainClass}</mainClass>
</transformer>
</transformers>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<!-- https://dzone.com/articles/creating-executable-uber-jar’s -->
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.4.0</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>exec</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<executable>
${java.home}/../bin/javapackager <!-- for osx. -->
</executable>
<arguments>
<argument>-deploy</argument>
<argument>-Bruntime=${java.home}</argument>
<argument>-native</argument>
<argument>image</argument>
<argument>-appclass</argument>
<argument>${mainClass}</argument>
<argument>-srcfiles</argument>
<argument>${project.build.directory}/${artifactId}-${version}.jar</argument>
<argument>-outdir</argument>
<argument>${project.build.directory}</argument>
<argument>-outfile</argument>
<argument>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-app</argument>
<argument>-v</argument>
</arguments>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
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