Stephen, Thanks a lot for the info !!! Actually I had specified my dependent jar file in the project.xml and the error occured while resolving build time dependencies itself.(hadn't reached runtime) Another doubt which I have is that whether Maven also looks for the files whose names are of the type <name>-<version>.<type>. My jar file did not follow the particular naming standard so I changed it to the above standard, but still the error persists. And regarding the repository, I had specified the particular cache folder where my jar file is kept (in the cache directive in kernel.xml) But still it does not seem to pick the file up. Any thoughts ?
Regards, Harvinder -----Original Message----- From: Stephen McConnell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 12:09 PM To: 'Avalon framework users'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: How to use external jars in Merlin components? Harvinder: Both maven and merlin use a repository of jar resources. In you case you have both build and runtime dependencies to take of. Build time dependencies are declared in a project.xml and are managed by maven. I'm guessing that you have that one sorted out. Once maven has produced the build artifact (a.k.a jar file) you need to include this in the repository used by the merlin runtime. If you you execute the following command you will see a bunch of properties listed that provide information about your runtime environment: $ merlin -info The listing should include the value of 'merlin.repository'. This value is the directory that corresponds to the root of the repository cache directory within which merlin is looking for resources at runtime. Merlin (and maven) look for resources based on the following pattern: [cache]/[group]/[type]s/[name]-[version].[type] If merlin does not locate the jar file in the repository it will look for the jar in the remote repositories associated with your configuration (see merlin.hosts value). If the jar file cannot be located at any of the remote repositories you will get the error you have mentioned below. If the resource is not available on a remote repository you either add it to your local cache, or, setup your own local repository (accessible using file or http protocol) and include this in the set of remote repositories declared under the 'merlin.hosts' property. Cheers, Steve. > -----Original Message----- > From: Harvinder Singh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 20 August 2004 18:46 > To: Avalon framework users > Subject: How to use external jars in Merlin components? > > All, > > I am able to build and run the tutorials in Merlin using Maven. > I even built a small component of my own and tested it. It works fine. > But now when I try to include some external jar files(on my local machine) > for that component, the build fails. > After some googling I found out that I need to have an entry for the > external jar file in > the project.xml file used by Maven. > Also the path for that external jar file should be mentioned in kernel.xml > under repository directive. > I did all that but the build fails and gives the following error : > > Attempting to download <jar file name>. > WARNING: Failed to download <jar file name>. > The build cannot continue because of the following unsatisfied dependency: > <jar file name> > > Can some one please help me out on this issue ? Has someone faced the > similar kind os issue? > Please revert back soon. > > Regards, > Harvinder > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
