Remove unwanted folders from Maven WAR

When you are using activemq-all.jar file in your maven, you could see that there are lots of folders added to the WAR file especially the bigger ones are

[INFO] Processing overlay [ id org.apache.activemq:activemq-fileserver]

[INFO] Processing overlay [ id org.apache.activemq:activemq-web-demo]

[INFO] Processing overlay [ id org.apache.activemq:activemq-web-console]

In order to remove them from your WAR here is an easier technique

  WarFileName
  
   
    maven-compiler-plugin
    2.2
    
     1.6
     1.6
    
   
   
    org.apache.maven.plugins
    maven-war-plugin
    2.2
     
     
     **
    
    
     
      war
      package
      
       war
      
      
       true
      
     
    
   
  
 

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