Eclipse has a feature called “Export Runnable JAR File” that packages a project along with all its dependencies into a Fat JAR, with a specified Main class, so you can run the code directly using java jar xxx.jar.

However, what if you’re not using Eclipse? Actually, with the help of Maven, we can easily achieve the same functionality. Maven provides a Shade Plugin that can be used to build Fat JARs, and it also supports specifying the Main class.

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<project>
  ...
  <build>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>3.0.0</version>
        <executions>
          <execution>
            <phase>package</phase>
            <goals>
              <goal>shade</goal>
            </goals>
            <configuration>
              <transformers>
                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
                  <mainClass>org.sonatype.haven.HavenCli</mainClass>
                </transformer>
              </transformers>
            </configuration>
          </execution>
        </executions>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>
  ...
</project>

Then when you build with Maven, it will produce a directly runnable package.

Source: https://lichuanyang.top/en/posts/3945/