you could add the whole tomcat.zip to nexus, unpack it before compile and install-file to local repository.
I had a similar problem, I needed to have the jars of an resource adapter rar on the classpath: > I was thinking of adapting maven-warpath-plugin, but in the end I built an > uber jar in a sub module with maven-ant-run (unzip, zip and zipgroupfileset) > and did an install-file to local repository. Am Fr., 16. Okt. 2020 um 10:25 Uhr schrieb /dev /local/ca <devloca...@gmail.com>: > > What is the simplest way to specify a directory (and all jars underneath > this directory) to be in the maven classpath when it compiles .java classes > and builds a .jar? > > The directory is not in my git repo or any directory under my IDE project > files. > > I have a requirement to create a pom.xml that will reference the current > project, and external jars in a /lib/ directory. > ------------------------------ > > The requirement is to put together a pom.xml for a maven build that depends > on jars in: > > $TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/<web-context>/WEB-INF/lib/ > > I want to reference that location directly in the maven pom.xml file and > not copy the /lib/*.jar files to another directory under my git repo. > > The .../WEB-INF/lib/ contains .jar files that contains classes that my > project imports. > > The jar that is then built will be put into: > $TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/<web-context>/WEB-INF/lib/ to extend the product as > per the vendor instructions. > ------------------------------ > > If anyone has had this exact issue, and has a reference pom.xml that can be > pasted here, it would be extremely helpful and get me going quickly. > ------------------------------ > > Irrespective of the deployment part where I copy the jar to > /webapps/<web-context>/WEB-INF/lib/, I would be happy to just get files > under /src/com/.../.java/ compiled and put into a jar in the /target/ > directory --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org