From what I read in the maven exec plugin , it allows you to configure executable dependencies as plugin dependencies.
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.2.1</version>
<configuration>
<includeProjectDependencies>false</includeProjectDependencies>
<includePluginDependencies>true</includePluginDependencies>
<executableDependency>
<groupId>com.example.myproject</groupId>
<artifactId>mylib</artifactId>
</executableDependency>
<mainClass>com.example.Main</mainClass>
</configuration>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>sun.jdk</groupId>
<artifactId>tools</artifactId>
<version>1.5.0</version>
<scope>system</scope>
<systemPath>${java.home}/../lib/tools.jar</systemPath>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</plugin>
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