Set custom classpath maven-jar-plugin

Question

I want to add custom classpath to manifest file of my project. The classpath should point to all the files within a particular directory(lib). Something like lib/. or lib/* Have tried specifying in entry to manifestEntries of maven-jar-plugin configuration but it doesn't seem to work. Kindly recommend how to do it ?

UPDATE

What I want is something like this-

<manifestEntries>
<Class-Path>lib*</Class-Path>
</manifestEntries>

I want to add all the jars present in the lib directory even though they may not be project's dependencies.

Answer 1

I think the following worked for me sometime back using classpathPrefix

<plugin>
    <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>2.3</version>
    <configuration>
      <archive>
        <manifest>
          <addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
          <classpathPrefix>lib/</classpathPrefix>
          <classpathLayoutType>repository</classpathLayoutType>
        </manifest>
      </archive>
    </configuration>
  </plugin>

Original link: maven-jar-plugin

Answer 2

Maybe your lib folder is not inside the generate jar file?.I am not sure if that can help you. But you can include or exclude content in your jar file. Have a look here