Some maven notes.
1. if you want to see the detailed error message on the console, instead of reading it from the surefire files, you can use the maven-surefire-plugin:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.6</version>
<configuration>
<useFile>false</useFile>
</configuration>
</plugin>
Or, do the "mvn clean install -Dsurefire.useFile=false"
2. To make a jar with all the dependencies, we can use the plugin maven-assembly-plugin:
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<descriptorRefs>
<descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
</descriptorRefs>
<archive>
<manifest>
<addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
</manifest>
</archive>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>make-assembly</id>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>single</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>