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The simple-command project is configured to create a single JAR containing the bytecode of the project and all of the bytecode from the dependencies. To create this assembly, run the assembly goal of the Maven Assembly plugin from the simple-command project directory:

$ mvn assembly:assembly
[INFO] -----------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building Multi-spring Chapter Simple Command Line Tool
[INFO]task-segment: [assembly:assembly] (aggregator-style)
[INFO] -----------------------------------------------------
[INFO] [resources:resources]
[INFO] Using default encoding to copy filtered resources.
[INFO] [compiler:compile]
[INFO] Nothing to compile - all classes are up to date
[INFO] [resources:testResources]
[INFO] Using default encoding to copy filtered resources.
[INFO] [compiler:testCompile]
[INFO] Nothing to compile - all classes are up to date
[INFO] [surefire:test]
...
[INFO] [jar:jar]
[INFO] Building jar: .../simple-parent/simple-command/target/simple-command.jar
[INFO] [assembly:assembly]
[INFO] Processing DependencySet (output=)
[INFO] Building jar: .../simple-parent/simple-command/target
/simple-command-jar-with-dependencies.jar

The build progresses through the lifecycle compiling bytecode, running tests, and finally building a JAR for the project. Then the assembly:assembly goal creates a JAR with dependencies by unpacking all of the dependencies to temporary directories and then collecting all of the bytecode into a single JAR in target/ named simple-command-jar-with-dependencies.jar. This "uber" JAR weighs in at 15 MB.

Before you run the command-line tool, you will need to invoke the hbm2ddl goal of the Hibernate3 plugin to create the HSQLDB database. Do this by running the following command from the simple-command directory:

$ mvn hibernate3:hbm2ddl
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'hibernate3'.
[INFO] org.codehaus.mojo: checking for updates from central
[INFO] -----------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building Multi-spring Chapter Simple Command Line Tool
[INFO]task-segment: [hibernate3:hbm2ddl]
[INFO] -----------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Preparing hibernate3:hbm2ddl
...
10:24:56,151  INFO org.hibernate.tool.hbm2ddl.SchemaExport - export complete
[INFO] -----------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESSFUL
[INFO] -----------------------------------------------------

Once you run this, you should see a data directory under simple-command. This data directory holds the HSQLDB database. To run the command-line weather forecaster, run the following from the simple-command project directory:

$ java -cp target/simple-command-jar-with-dependencies.jar \
       org.sonatype.mavenbook.weather.Main 60202
2321 INFO  YahooRetriever  - Retrieving Weather Data
2489 INFO  YahooParser  - Creating XML Reader
2581 INFO  YahooParser  - Parsing XML Response
2875 INFO  WeatherFormatter  - Formatting Weather Data
****************************************
Current Weather Conditions for:
Evanston,
IL,
US
****************************************

* Temperature: 75
* Condition: Partly Cloudy
* Humidity: 64
* Wind Chill: 75
* Date: Wed Aug 06 09:35:30 CDT 2008

To run a history query, execute the following command:

$ java -cp target/simple-command-jar-with-dependencies.jar \
       org.sonatype.mavenbook.weather.Main 60202 history
2470 INFO  WeatherFormatter  - Formatting History Data
Weather History for:
Evanston, IL, US

****************************************
* Temperature: 39
* Condition: Heavy Rain
* Humidity: 93
* Wind Chill: 36
* Date: 2007-12-02 13:45:27.187
****************************************
* Temperature: 75
* Condition: Partly Cloudy
* Humidity: 64
* Wind Chill: 75
* Date: 2008-08-06 09:24:11.725
****************************************
* Temperature: 75
* Condition: Partly Cloudy
* Humidity: 64
* Wind Chill: 75
* Date: 2008-08-06 09:27:28.475