Large JAR files lead to sluggish deployment times and inefficient resource use in Apigee. While “Fat JARs” solve dependency management, they often bundle megabytes of unused code that create unnecessary bloat. By using the Maven Shade Plugin, you can “tree-shake” your dependencies—including only the specific classes your code actually needs while explicitly excluding Apigee runtime libraries to prevent critical ClassLoader conflicts.
Discover the complete process for optimizing your Java Callouts in the guide by @miguelmendoza.
