How to change the name of the war generated by the maven build plugin

Question

How can I change the name from 1.0.snapshot-jar-with-dependencies to something else, below is the contents of my POM:

 <build> <plugins> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.2-beta-5</version> <configuration> <archive> <manifest> <mainClass>com.package.example.MainClass</mainClass> </manifest> </archive> <descriptorRefs> <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef> </descriptorRefs> </configuration> </plugin> </plugins> </build> 

Answer 1

In the maven-assembly-plugin configuration:

use the following:

 <configuration> <finalName>custom-name</finalName> <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId> </configuration> 

For full details, see official assembly:assembly documentation assembly:assembly mojo.

Answer 2

You can achieve this by specifying the finalName property in your pom, for example.

 <build> <finalName>something-else</finalName> ... </build> 

Answer 3

In the case of JAR packaging with dependencies, this will not work. You fix it using the dependency plugin:

  <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId> <executions> <execution> <id>copy</id> <phase>package</phase> <goals> <goal>copy</goal> </goals> <configuration> <artifactItems> <artifactItem> <groupId>project.group.id</groupId> <artifactId>artifact-id</artifactId> <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version> <type>jar</type> <overWrite>true</overWrite> <outputDirectory>${basedir}/some/dir</outputDirectory> <destFileName>custom-name.jar</destFileName> </artifactItem> </artifactItems> <overWriteReleases>false</overWriteReleases> <overWriteSnapshots>true</overWriteSnapshots> </configuration> </execution> </executions> </plugin>