I'm trying to understand how resolvers work in my Ivy settings file. So, ivysettings.xml file includes:
<url name="com.springsource.repository.bundles.external"> > <ivy pattern=" > http://repository.springsource.com/ivy/bundles/external/[organisation]/[module]/[revision]/[artifact]-[revision].[ext]"; > /> > <artifact pattern=" > http://repository.springsource.com/ivy/bundles/external/[organisation]/[module]/[revision]/[artifact]-[revision].[ext]"; > /> > </url> > And my ivy.xml file includes: <dependency org="org.junit" > name="com.springsource.org.junit" > rev="4.4.0" /> > >From when I ran Ivy, I can tell that this resolves to: http://repository.springsource.com/ivy/bundles/external/org.junit/com.springsource.org.junit/4.4.0/com.springsource.org.junit-sources-4.4.0.jar So the resolutions go: [organization] => "org.junit" [module] => "com.springsource.org.junit" [revision] => "4.4.0" [artifact] => "com.springsource.org.junit-sources" [ext] => "jar" I see how ivy resolves the [organization], [module], and [revision] in the URL pattern (duh), but how does it resolve [artifact] and [ext]? The documentation on the URL resolver [1] seems to be lacking. I've also posted this question to the stackoverflow community [2]. If you'd like, please answer there, as well as on the list. If you would rather not, I hope it's OK if I copy your best responses to there. Cheers, Andrey [1]: http://ant.apache.org/ivy/history/trunk/resolver/url.html [2]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/686188/how-does-apache-ivy-resolve-the-variables-in-artifact-patterns-provided-in-the-iv
