Simple maven assembly example (which works)

pom.xml

<!-- Source: http://www.mkyong.com/maven/create-a-fat-jar-file-maven-assembly-plugin -->

<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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
	<groupId>com.mkyong.core.utils</groupId>
	<artifactId>dateUtils</artifactId>
	<packaging>jar</packaging>
	<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
	<name>dateUtils</name>
	<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>

	<properties>
		<jdk.version>1.7</jdk.version>
		<jodatime.version>2.5</jodatime.version>
		<junit.version>4.11</junit.version>
	</properties>

	<dependencies>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>junit</groupId>
			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
			<version>${junit.version}</version>
			<scope>test</scope>
		</dependency>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>joda-time</groupId>
			<artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
			<version>${jodatime.version}</version>
		</dependency>
	</dependencies>

	<build>
		<finalName>dateutils</finalName>
		<plugins>

			<!-- download source code in Eclipse, best practice -->
			<plugin>
				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
				<artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
				<version>2.9</version>
				<configuration>
					<downloadSources>true</downloadSources>
					<downloadJavadocs>false</downloadJavadocs>
				</configuration>
			</plugin>

			<!-- Set a compiler level -->
			<plugin>
				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
				<version>2.3.2</version>
				<configuration>
					<source>${jdk.version}</source>
					<target>${jdk.version}</target>
				</configuration>
			</plugin>

			<!-- Maven Assembly Plugin -->
			<plugin>
				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
				<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
				<version>2.4.1</version>
				<configuration>
					<!-- get all project dependencies -->
					<descriptorRefs>
						<descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
					</descriptorRefs>
					<!-- MainClass in mainfest make a executable jar -->
					<archive>
					  <manifest>
						<mainClass>com.mkyong.core.utils.App</mainClass>
					  </manifest>
					</archive>

				</configuration>
				<executions>
				  <execution>
					<id>make-assembly</id>
                                        <!-- bind to the packaging phase -->
					<phase>package</phase> 
					<goals>
						<goal>single</goal>
					</goals>
				  </execution>
				</executions>
			</plugin>
		</plugins>
	</build>
</project>