Executable Jar, how to set the application name?

Question

When bulding a executable jar with the maven-assembly-plugin and afterwards running it, it is recognized as a java application.

How could I manage that the jar is listed with it's application name ?

My POM:

 <plugin>
            <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
            <configuration>
                <archive>
                    <manifest>
                        <mainClass>package.mainclass</mainClass>
                    </manifest>
                </archive>
                <descriptorRefs>
                    <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
                </descriptorRefs>
            </configuration>
            <executions>
                <execution>
                    <id>make-assembly</id>
                    <!-- this is used for inheritance merges -->
                    <phase>package</phase>
                    <!-- bind to the packaging phase -->
                    <goals>
                        <goal>single</goal>
                    </goals>
                </execution>
            </executions>
        </plugin>

Answer 1

Maven gives you control over the name of your deliverable by using the finalName element, as in:

<!-- Inside your pom.xml -->
<build>
   <finalName>whateverIWantToCallMyDeliverable</finalName>
</build>

May this suit you?