Modify ModularJarArchiver to use the manifest main class as default

src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/archiver/jar/JarToolModularJarArchiver.java

@@ -180,10 +180,14 @@ private String[] getJarToolArguments()
         args.add( "--file" );
         args.add( getDestFile().getAbsolutePath() );
 
-        if ( getModuleMainClass() != null )
+        String mainClass = getModuleMainClass() != null
+                           ? getModuleMainClass()
+                           : getManifestMainClass();
+
+        if ( mainClass != null )
         {
             args.add( "--main-class" );
-            args.add( getModuleMainClass() );
+            args.add( mainClass );
         }
 
         if ( getModuleVersion() != null )

src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/archiver/jar/ModularJarArchiver.java

@@ -27,13 +27,22 @@
  * they are going to add are part of module
  * (contain module descriptor class) or not.
  *
+ * <p>The class allows you to set the
+ * module main class ({@link #setModuleMainClass(String)}),
+ * but if it is not set or it is set to {@code null},
+ * then the {@code Main-Class} attribute of the
+ * JAR manifest is used (if present) to set
+ * the module main class.
+ *
  * @since 3.6
  */
 public abstract class ModularJarArchiver
     extends JarArchiver
 {
     private String moduleMainClass;
 
+    private String manifestMainClass;
+
     private String moduleVersion;
 
     public String getModuleMainClass()
@@ -73,4 +82,41 @@ public void setModuleVersion( String moduleVersion )
         this.moduleVersion = moduleVersion;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the "Main-Class" attribute of the
+     * manifest added to the archive.
+     *
+     * {@code null} if there is no manifest
+     * or the attribute is not set.
+     *
+     * @return the "Main-Class" attribute of the manifest
+     */
+    protected String getManifestMainClass()
+    {
+        return manifestMainClass;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Manifest createManifest()
+    {
+        Manifest manifest = super.createManifest();
+
+        if ( manifest != null )
+        {
+            manifestMainClass = manifest.getMainAttributes()
+                .getValue( "Main-Class" );
+        }
+
+        return manifest;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void reset()
+    {
+        // We want to be sure that on multiple run
+        // the latest manifest is used, so lets
+        // reset it to null
+        manifestMainClass = null;
+        super.reset();
+    }
 }

src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/archiver/jar/JarToolModularJarArchiverTest.java

@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 import static org.junit.Assume.assumeFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assume.assumeTrue;
 
@@ -76,6 +75,57 @@ public void testModularJarWithMainClassAndVersion()
             "1.0.0", "com.example.app.Main", "com.example.app", "com.example.resources" );
     }
 
+    /*
+     * Verify that when both module main class is set and the
+     * manifest contains main class atribute, the manifest
+     * value is overridden
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testModularJarWithManifestAndModuleMainClass()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        assumeTrue( modulesAreSupported() );
+
+        archiver.addDirectory( new File( "src/test/resources/java-module-descriptor" ) );
+        Manifest manifest = new Manifest();
+        manifest.addConfiguredAttribute(
+            new Manifest.Attribute( "Main-Class", "com.example.app.Main2" ) );
+        archiver.addConfiguredManifest( manifest );
+        archiver.setModuleMainClass( "com.example.app.Main" );
+
+        archiver.createArchive();
+
+        // Verify that the explicitly set module main class
+        // overrides the manifest main
+        assertModularJarFile( archiver.getDestFile(),
+            null, "com.example.app.Main", "com.example.app", "com.example.resources" );
+        assertManifestMainClass( archiver.getDestFile(), "com.example.app.Main" );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Verify that when the module main class is not explicitly set,
+     * the manifest main class attribute (if present) is used instead
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testModularJarWithManifestMainClassAttribute()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        assumeTrue( modulesAreSupported() );
+
+        archiver.addDirectory( new File( "src/test/resources/java-module-descriptor" ) );
+        Manifest manifest = new Manifest();
+        manifest.addConfiguredAttribute(
+            new Manifest.Attribute( "Main-Class", "com.example.app.Main2" ) );
+        archiver.addConfiguredManifest( manifest );
+
+        archiver.createArchive();
+
+        // Verify that the the manifest main class attribute is used as module main class
+        assertModularJarFile( archiver.getDestFile(),
+            null, "com.example.app.Main2", "com.example.app", "com.example.resources" );
+        assertManifestMainClass( archiver.getDestFile(), "com.example.app.Main2" );
+    }
+
     /*
      * Verify that a modular JAR file is created even when no additional attributes are set.
      */
@@ -288,6 +338,23 @@ private void assertModuleDescriptor( InputStream moduleDescriptorInputStream,
         assertEquals( expectedPackagesSet, actualPackagesSet );
     }
 
+    private void assertManifestMainClass( File jarFile, String expectedMainClass )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        try ( ZipFile resultingArchive = new ZipFile( jarFile ) )
+        {
+            ZipEntry manifestEntry = resultingArchive.getEntry( "META-INF/MANIFEST.MF" );
+            InputStream manifestInputStream = resultingArchive.getInputStream( manifestEntry );
+
+            // Get the manifest main class attribute
+            Manifest manifest = new Manifest( manifestInputStream );
+            String actualManifestMainClass = manifest.getMainAttributes().getValue( "Main-Class" );
+
+            assertEquals( expectedMainClass, actualManifestMainClass );
+        }
+
+    }
+
     /*
      * Returns true if the current version of Java does support modules.
      */