Creating an executable jar with maven

To be able to create an executable jar containing all the dependencies you have to had

<build>
	[...]
	<plugins>
		[...]
		<plugin>
			<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
			<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
			<configuration>
				<descriptorRefs>
					<descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
				</descriptorRefs>
				<archive>
					<manifest>
						<mainClass>org.sinarf.myapp.MainClass</mainClass>
					</manifest>
				</archive>
			</configuration>
		</plugin>
			[...]
	</plugins>
	[...]
</build>

the

mvn assembly:assembly

command will build an executable jar with all the dependancies define in your pom.
Documentation : Maven Assembly Plugin