Arguments in arguments file

[IvoLimmen]

My work required me to move to Windows. As it turns out Windows can not handle a command line with more than 8Kb in the cmd. In the terminal they can handle 32Kb. As it turns out my application uses 36Kb so I can not use Maven Exec.

Since Java 11 it is possible to put all arguments in a single file and use that to start the application.

For example:
File called: args

--add-opens
java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED
example.app.Main

You can then start it with:
java @args

I modified the plugin to accept an argument called argumentsFile, only meant to be using along side the exec goal, that will rewrite the arugments to a file target/commandLineArguments and replace the arguments with @target/commandLineArguments.