title: Maven: Can I package only dependencies(without app) in a jar?
body: <p>I have a legacy JAVA project which uses <code>ant</code> for builds. Since jar dependency management in this project is really tedious, I am planning to integrate maven.</p>
  
  <p>I am trying to use <code>maven</code> only for dependency management and keep using <code>ant</code> for builds. I am contemplating to produce a single jar using maven which will contain all the dependencies and then I will include this single jar in classpath of my app.</p>
  
  <p>I know this might not be the best approach but is it possible to do this?
  What might be a better approach? </p>