How to add all dependencies in single jar in maven and then apply assembly plugin? - maven-2

Question

My project has one parent module which has 3 child modules. I am trying to create a fat jar using maven assembly plugin. However, what I want is to create a fat jar and then apply assembly.xml file to further bundle my project.
module1 pom.xml
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>common</groupId>
<artifactId>commonutils</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
</exclusion>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3</version>
<configuration>
<descriptor>src/main/assembly/oozie.xml</descriptor>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>make-assembly</id>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>single</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
my assembly file
<assembly>
<id>bundle</id>
<formats>
<format>tar.gz</format>
</formats>
<includeBaseDirectory>true</includeBaseDirectory>
<baseDirectory>search</baseDirectory>
<fileSets>
<fileSet>
<directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/workflow</directory>
<outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
<excludes>
<exclude>*/**.properties</exclude>
</excludes>
</fileSet>
<fileSet>
<directory>${project.build.directory}</directory>
<outputDirectory>/lib</outputDirectory>
<includes>
<include>*.jar</include>
</includes>
</fileSet>
</fileSets>
<files>
<file>
<source>${project.basedir}/src/main/workflow/job.properties</source>
<outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
<filtered>true</filtered>
</file>
</files>
<moduleSets>
<moduleSet>
<useAllReactorProjects>true</useAllReactorProjects>
<binaries>
<outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
<unpack>false</unpack>
<dependencySets>
<dependencySet>
<outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
<unpack>false</unpack>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependencySet>
</dependencySets>
</binaries>
</moduleSet>
</moduleSets>
Upon running
mvn package
Final jar contains only module code and not all its dependencies ?
What is wrong here ??

Answer 1

Use the pre defined assembly descriptor jar-with-dependencies which exactly fulfill this purpose.