Executable JAR's with maven

pom.xml

<build>
	<plugins>
		<plugin>
			<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
			<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
			<version>2.2.1</version>
			<configuration>
				<archive>
					<manifest>
						<mainClass>path.to.your.main.Class</mainClass>
					</manifest>
				</archive>
				<descriptorRefs>
					<descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
				</descriptorRefs>
			</configuration>
			<executions>
				<execution>
					<phase>package</phase>
					<goals>
						<goal>assembly</goal>
					</goals>
				</execution>
			</executions>
		</plugin>
	</plugins>
</build>