Configuring Source Plugin

To customize the plugin, you can change its configuration parameters in your POM, as shown below:

<project>
 ...
 <build>
 <plugins>
 <plugin>
 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
 <version>3.4.0</version>
 <configuration>
 <outputDirectory>/absolute/path/to/the/output/directory</outputDirectory>
 <finalName>filename-of-generated-jar-file</finalName>
 <attach>false</attach>
 </configuration>
 </plugin>
 </plugins>
 </build>
 ...
</project>

The generated jar file will be named by the value of the finalName plus "-sources" if it is the main sources. Otherwise, it would be finalName plus "-test-sources" if it is the test sources. It will be generated in the specified outputDirectory. The attach parameter specifies whether the java sources will be attached to the artifact list of the project.