Using the Maven 2 exec:java Command

When running main() methods within SyMBA, you have a variety of choices for how they can be called. You can use java from the command-line, but that requires that you specify the huge classpath that will be needed for that class. You could also run from within your IDE, but then you are using the IDE's classpath, and not the identical one that is created by Maven for the various SyMBA jars.

How, then, can you ensure that you run these Java classes using the same classpath that was used to build SyMBA in the first place? The answer is to use Maven to run your classes, in the same way that you use Maven to build your project. You do this with the mvn exec:java plugin. Details of this plugin are available from the Developer's website .