POM file extended for generating a project distribution file

Author: chdh

pom.xml

@@ -126,6 +126,25 @@
         </executions>
       </plugin>
 
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.2.1</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <descriptors>
+            <descriptor>src/assemble/distribution.xml</descriptor>
+          </descriptors>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>create-project-distribution-file</id>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>single</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>

src/assemble/distribution.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
+<assembly xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.2"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.2 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-1.1.2.xsd">
+
+  <id>distribution</id>
+
+  <formats>
+    <format>zip</format>
+  </formats>
+
+  <fileSets>
+
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>${project.basedir}</directory>
+      <includes>
+        <include>README*</include>
+        <include>LICENSE*</include>
+        <include>NOTICE*</include>
+        <include>CHANGES*</include>
+        <include>pom.xml</include>
+        <include>build.xml</include>
+      </includes>
+      <useDefaultExcludes>true</useDefaultExcludes>
+    </fileSet>
+
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>${project.basedir}/src</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>src</outputDirectory>
+      <useDefaultExcludes>true</useDefaultExcludes>
+    </fileSet>
+
+  </fileSets>
+
+</assembly>