Controlling Maven final name of jar artifact

For Maven >= 3

 <packaging>jar</packaging> <build>   <finalName>WhatEverYouLikey</finalName> </build>

See bug report/documentation.

(Credits to Matthew's and his comment)

For older Maven versions

You set the finalName property in the plugin configuration section:

<plugin>    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>    <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>    <version>2.3.2</version>    <configuration>        <finalName>myJar</finalName>                       </configuration></plugin>       

As indicated in the official documentation.

All of the provided answers are more complicated than necessary. Assuming you are building a jar file, all you need to do is add a <jar.finalName> tag to your <properties> section:

<properties>    <jar.finalName>${project.name}</jar.finalName></properties>

This will generate a jar:

project/target/${project.name}.jar

This is in the documentation - note the User Property:

finalName:Name of the generated JAR.Type: java.lang.StringRequired: NoUser Property: jar.finalNameDefault: ${project.build.finalName}

Command Line Usage

You should also be able to use this option on the command line with:

mvn -Djar.finalName=myCustomName ...

You should get myCustomName.jar, although I haven't tested this.

@Maxim
try this...

pom.xml

 <groupId>org.opensource</groupId> <artifactId>base</artifactId> <version>1.0.0.SNAPSHOT</version>  ..............<properties>    <my.version>4.0.8.8</my.version></properties><build>    <finalName>my-base-project</finalName>    <plugins>        <plugin>            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>            <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>            <version>2.3.1</version>            <executions>                <execution>                    <goals>                        <goal>install-file</goal>                    </goals>                    <phase>install</phase>                    <configuration>                        <file>${project.build.finalName}.${project.packaging}</file>                        <generatePom>false</generatePom>                        <pomFile>pom.xml</pomFile>                        <version>${my.version}</version>                    </configuration>                </execution>            </executions>        </plugin></plugins></build>

Commnad mvn clean install

Output

[INFO] --- maven-jar-plugin:2.3.1:jar (default-jar) @ base ---[INFO] Building jar: D:\dev\project\base\target\my-base-project.jar[INFO][INFO] --- maven-install-plugin:2.3.1:install (default-install) @ base ---[INFO] Installing D:\dev\project\base\target\my-base-project.jar to H:\dev\.m2\repository\org\opensource\base\1.0.0.SNAPSHOT\base-1.0.0.SNAPSHOT.jar[INFO] Installing D:\dev\project\base\pom.xml to H:\dev\.m2\repository\org\opensource\base\1.0.0.SNAPSHOT\base-1.0.0.SNAPSHOT.pom[INFO][INFO] --- maven-install-plugin:2.3.1:install-file (default) @ base ---[INFO] Installing D:\dev\project\base\my-base-project.jar to H:\dev\.m2\repository\org\opensource\base\4.0.8.8\base-4.0.8.8.jar[INFO] Installing D:\dev\project\base\pom.xml to H:\dev\.m2\repository\org\opensource\base\4.0.8.8\base-4.0.8.8.pom[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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