Maven packaging notes

maven-dependency-plugin: Copy dependent jars into a /lib/ dir to be bundled with the package goal (note that you can’t have jars within jars and have them accessible on the classpath, so this just helps package the jars with your distribution):

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>2.6</version>
    <executions>
        <execution>
            <id>copy-dependencies</id>
            <phase>prepare-package</phase>
            <goals>
                <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
            </goals>

            <configuration>
            <outputDirectory>target/classes/lib</outputDirectory>
            <overWriteIfNewer>true</overWriteIfNewer>
            </configuration>
        </execution>

        <execution>
            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
            <goals>
                <goal>sources</goal>
            </goals>
        </execution>
    </executions>
    <configuration>
        <verbose>true</verbose>
        <detail>true</detail>
        <outputDirectory>.</outputDirectory>
    </configuration>
</plugin>