apache-maven-jar-plugin-3.1.0.markdown

---
layout: post
title: "Apache Maven Jar Plugin Version 3.1.0 Released"
date: '2018-04-10T15:47:06+00:00'
permalink: apache-maven-jar-plugin-3-1-0
categories:
  - Maven-Jar-Plugin
  - Maven-Plugin-Releases
---
The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the
[Apache Maven Jar Plugin, version 3.1.0](https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-jar-plugin/).

This plugin provides the capability to build jars.

Important Note:

* Maven 3.X only
* JDK 7 minimum requirement


```xml
<plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>3.1.0</version>
</plugin>
```

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[Release Notes - Maven JAR Plugin - Version 3.1.0](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12317526&version=12342349)

Bugs:

* [MJAR-221](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MJAR-221) - Link to wiki page should be removed now that Codehaus is shut down
* [MJAR-237](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MJAR-237) - Navigation link "Creating an Executable JAR File" is wrong.
* [MJAR-240](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MJAR-240) - maven-jar-plugin index.html - bad links in left column Examples section
* [MJAR-245](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MJAR-245) - Additional attached jar: role of classifier
* [MJAR-249](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MJAR-249) - Get Build working on JDK 10

Improvements:

* [MJAR-235](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MJAR-235) - Update life cycle bound plugin versions
* [MJAR-236](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MJAR-236) - Keep maven-compiler-plugin to 3.5.1 based on JDK9 issues

Dependency upgrades:

* [MJAR-243](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MJAR-243) - maven-archiver 3.1.1 to 3.2.0
* [MJAR-246](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MJAR-246) - Upgrade parent to 31

Enjoy,

- The Apache Maven team