[FIXED] How to create a zip file of a specific directory in maven?

Issue

enter image description hereCan any one help me with this. Using maven , I need to create zip file with of a directory , which is inside the project.

Any example will help.

Solution

The maven assembly plugin can create a zip file of anything you want. The documentation is pretty good, you can see an example here.

The gist of it is adding an xml file that describes how files are to be assembled, and then reference that from pom.xml. Here's an example of the assembly descriptor (taken from the website):

<assembly xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/ASSEMBLY/2.1.0"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/ASSEMBLY/2.1.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-2.1.0.xsd">
  <id>distribution</id>
  <formats>
    <format>zip</format>
  </formats>
  <files>
    <file>
      <source>README.txt</source>
      <outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
      <filtered>true</filtered>
    </file>
    <file>
      <source>LICENSE.txt</source>
      <outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
    </file>
    <file>
      <source>NOTICE.txt</source>
      <outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
      <filtered>true</filtered>
    </file>
  </files>
</assembly>

And then in pom.xml you'd reference this file like so (assuming the file is called distribution.xml under the assembly directory):

<project>
  [...]
  <build>
    [...]
    <plugins>
      [...]
      <plugin>
        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>3.3.0</version>
        <configuration>
          <descriptors>
            <descriptor>src/assembly/distribution.xml</descriptor>
          </descriptors>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
   [...]
</project>

There's a bunch more options to help you filter out files or include/exclude directories and so on. All in the docs.

Answered By - Kraylog
Answer Checked By - Pedro (JavaFixing Volunteer)