Maven – Modules and moduleSet VS dependency and dependencySets - maven-2

Question

We have installation folder that we use with maven to pack a release up,
This Installation folder has some static files, and a pom.xml
The build goal is to copy the static files to the target installation folder and some zip artifacts from the repository – expand them and put them in the target folder under /unzipped.
installation folder:
/installation_folder
pom.xml
/some_files
/file1
/file2
Target folder should be like:
/target
/installation_files
/some_files
/file1
/file2
/unzipped
/prj1 - unzipped artifact prj1 from the repository
/prj2 - unzipped artifact prj2 from the repository
On this “installation pom” - I have a reference to assembly xml; I am able to copy the static files - and get artifacs from the repository,
The question is – to copy the zip from repository and expand them in the target/unzipped folder
should I use Modules and moduleSet or dependency and dependencySets?
Should the pom.xml + assembly.xml look like:
project.group
installation_project
pom
<modules>
<module>prj1</module>
<module>prj2</module>
</modules>
...
and assembly.xml:
<moduleSets>
<moduleSet>
<includes>
<include>*:*</include>
</includes>
<binaries>
<unpack>true</unpack>
</binaries>
</binaries>
</moduleSet>
Or should it look like this:
<project>
<groupId>project.group</groupId>
<artifactId>installation_project</artifactId>
<packaging>pom</packaging>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<artifactId>prj1</artifactId>
<groupId>gruop_id</groupId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<type>zip</type>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<artifactId>prj2</artifactId>
<groupId>gruop_id</groupId>
<version>2.0</version>
<type>zip</type>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
...
and assembly.xml:
<dependencySets>
<dependencySet>
<outputDirectory>installation_files/unzipped/</outputDirectory>
<outputFileNameMapping>${artifact.artifactId}</outputFileNameMapping>
<includes>
<include>*:*:zip</include>
</includes>
<unpack>true</unpack>
</dependencySet>
</dependencySets>
Thank you!

Answer 1

Another way would be to just maven dependency plugin, with goal=unpack.
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>unpack</id>
<phase>generate-resources</phase>
<goals>
<goal>unpack</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<artifactItems>
<artifactItem>
<groupId></groupId>
<artifactId></artifactId>
<version></version>
<type></type>
<overWrite></overWrite>
<outputDirectory></outputDirectory>
</artifactItem>
</artifactItems>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
Another way is to use an assembly plugin but i find that quite cumbersome and is usually meant for more complex assembly creation than simple unzipping/zipping.