README.md

launch4j-maven-plugin

Plugin imported from https://code.google.com/p/launch4j-xml-plugin/

Some refactorings should be done and there are still no testcases. There is some work todo!

The Plugin dynamically modifies jar, outfile and adds classpath in config.xml

example usage(on package it re-generates config.xml with updated data and generates exe/exes)

<pluginRepositories>
    <pluginRepository>
        <id>launch4j-xml-plugin-repo</id>
        <name>launch4j-xml-plugin Repository for Maven</name>
        <url>https://launch4j-xml-plugin.googlecode.com/svn/repo</url>
    </pluginRepository>
</pluginRepositories>
<build>
    <plugins>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>launch4j-xml-plugin</groupId>
            <artifactId>launch4j-xml-plugin</artifactId>
            <executions>
                <execution>
                    <phase>package</phase>
                    <goals>
                        <goal>exe</goal>
                    </goals>
                </execution>
            </executions>
            <configuration>
                <launch4jHome>C:\Program Files\Launch4j\launch4j.exe</launch4jHome>
                <configs>
                    <param>src/main/assembly/configExample.xml</param>
                    <param>src/main/assembly/configExample2.xml</param>
                </configs>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>
    </plugins>
</build>

example config.xml generated by Launch4j

<launch4jConfig>
    <dontWrapJar>false</dontWrapJar>
    <headerType>console</headerType>
    <jar>C:\bla.jar</jar>
    <outfile>C:\main.exe</outfile>
    <errTitle></errTitle>
    <cmdLine></cmdLine>
    <chdir></chdir>
    <priority>normal</priority>
    <downloadUrl>http://java.com/download</downloadUrl>
    <supportUrl></supportUrl>
    <customProcName>false</customProcName>
    <stayAlive>false</stayAlive>
    <manifest></manifest>
    <icon></icon>
    <classPath>
        <mainClass>main.Main</mainClass>
    </classPath>
    <jre>
        <path></path>
        <minVersion>1.5.0</minVersion>
        <maxVersion></maxVersion>
        <jdkPreference>preferJre</jdkPreference>
    </jre>
</launch4jConfig>

example config.xml after processing(generated in target directory)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<launch4jConfig>
    <dontWrapJar>false</dontWrapJar>
    <headerType>console</headerType>
    <jar>J:\workspace\launch4j-plugin\launch4j-plugin-usage\target\launch4j-xml-plugin-usage-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar</jar>
    <outfile>J:\workspace\launch4j-plugin\launch4j-plugin-usage\target\main.exe</outfile>
    <errTitle/>
    <cmdLine/>
    <chdir/>
    <priority>normal</priority>
    <downloadUrl>http://java.com/download</downloadUrl>
    <supportUrl/>
    <customProcName>false</customProcName>
    <stayAlive>false</stayAlive>
    <manifest/>
    <icon/>
    <classPath>
        <mainClass>main.Main</mainClass>
        <cp>j:\.m2\repository\commons-lang\commons-lang\2.5\commons-lang-2.5.jar</cp>
        <cp>j:\.m2\repository\commons-io\commons-io\1.4\commons-io-1.4.jar</cp>
    </classPath>
    <jre>
        <path/>
        <minVersion>1.5.0</minVersion>
        <maxVersion/>
        <jdkPreference>preferJre</jdkPreference>
    </jre>
</launch4jConfig>