Load app.properties from current dir first, then from root of classpath if not found, which makes it possible to both run in development mode inside the IDE and to edit the file to point at any WSDL URL in distributed mode.

Assembly of a nice zip file which can be unpacked and run with java -jar IncidentLoggingAplication.jar

register-app/assembly.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+
+<assembly xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-1.1.0-SNAPSHOT.xsd">
+
+    <formats>
+        <format>zip</format>
+    </formats>
+    <includeBaseDirectory>true</includeBaseDirectory>
+  
+    <files>
+        <file>
+            <source>src/main/resources/app.properties</source>
+            <destName>app.properties</destName>
+        </file>
+    </files>
+
+    <dependencySets>
+      <dependencySet>
+        <excludes>
+          <exclude>se.citerus:register-app</exclude>
+        </excludes>
+        <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
+      </dependencySet>
+      <dependencySet>
+        <includes>
+          <include>se.citerus:register-app</include>
+        </includes>
+        <outputFileNameMapping>IncidentLoggingApplication.${artifact.extension}</outputFileNameMapping>
+      </dependencySet>
+    </dependencySets>
+
+</assembly>

register-app/pom.xml

@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><project>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>se.citerus</groupId>
   <artifactId>register-app</artifactId>
@@ -21,6 +25,8 @@
           <archive>
             <manifest>
               <mainClass>se.citerus.App</mainClass>
+              <addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
+              <classpathPrefix>lib</classpathPrefix>
             </manifest>
           </archive>
         </configuration>
@@ -28,14 +34,10 @@
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
-          <descriptorRefs>
-            <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
-          </descriptorRefs>
-          <archive>
-            <manifest>
-              <mainClass>se.citerus.App</mainClass>
-            </manifest>
-          </archive>
+          <descriptors>
+            <descriptor>assembly.xml</descriptor>
+          </descriptors>
+          <finalName>IncidentLoggingApplication</finalName>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
@@ -63,8 +65,18 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-      <artifactId>spring</artifactId>
-      <version>2.5</version>
+      <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
+      <version>2.5.5</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
+      <version>2.5.5</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-aop</artifactId>
+      <version>2.5.5</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.jgoodies</groupId>
@@ -96,7 +108,7 @@
           <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
         </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
-          <artifactId>spring-hibernate3</artifactId>
+          <artifactId>spring-orm</artifactId>
           <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
         </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
@@ -108,11 +120,11 @@
           <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
         </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
-          <artifactId>spring-mock</artifactId>
+          <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
           <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
         </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
-          <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
+          <artifactId>spring-jms</artifactId>
           <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
         </exclusion>
         <exclusion>

register-app/src/main/resources/context-app.xml

@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
-       xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-       xsi:schemaLocation="
-        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.5.xsd
-        http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx-2.5.xsd"
-       xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context">
+       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.5.xsd">
+
+  <bean class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer">
+    <property name="locations" value="file:app.properties"/>
+    <property name="order" value="1"/>
+    <property name="ignoreResourceNotFound" value="true"/>
+    <property name="ignoreUnresolvablePlaceholders" value="true"/>
+  </bean>
 
   <bean class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer">
     <property name="locations" value="classpath:app.properties"/>
+    <property name="order" value="2"/>
   </bean>
 
   <bean id="registerApp" class="se.citerus.registerapp.RegisterApp">
@@ -22,10 +26,11 @@
   </bean>
 
   <bean id="handlingEventWebServiceEndPoint" class="org.springframework.remoting.jaxws.JaxWsPortProxyFactoryBean">
-    <property name="serviceInterface" value="se.citerus.dddsample.ws.HandlingEventServiceEndpoint" />
+    <property name="serviceInterface" value="se.citerus.dddsample.application.ws.HandlingEventServiceEndpoint" />
     <property name="wsdlDocumentUrl" value="${wsdl.url}" />
-    <property name="namespaceUri" value="http://ws.dddsample.citerus.se/" />
+    <property name="namespaceUri" value="http://ws.application.dddsample.citerus.se/" />
     <property name="serviceName" value="HandlingEventServiceEndpointImplService" />
     <property name="portName" value="HandlingEventServiceEndpointImplPort" />
   </bean>
-</beans>
+
+</beans>