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Using Inline Assembly Descriptors

Introduction

For simple usage we can inline Assembly descriptor into the project configuration. We don't need to create an additional file with Assembly descriptor.

It can simplify configuration in case of the parent project inherited, we don't need to use a Shared Assembly Descriptors

The POM

We can have POM configuration of the project for the Assembly Plugin, which can look like:

<project>
  [...]
  <build>
    [...]
    <plugins>
      [...]
      <plugin>
        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>3.7.1</version>
        <configuration>
          <inlineDescriptors>
            <inlineDescriptor>
              <id>example1</id>
              <formats>
                <format>dir</format>
              </formats>
              <files>
                <file>
                  <source>TODO.txt</source>
                </file>
              </files>
            </inlineDescriptor>
            <inlineDescriptor>
              <id>example2</id>
              <formats>
                <format>zip</format>
              </formats>
              <files>
                <file>
                  <source>TODO.txt</source>
                </file>
              </files>
            </inlineDescriptor>
          </inlineDescriptors>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
   [...]
</project>

Each element of inlineDescriptors must follow Assembly Descriptor format.