Continuing on the discussion driven by Nicolas;
I'm testing out Maven on three of our sub-components with the following
dependencies:
axxbs -> mediator -> common
(where the notation "a -> " means "a depends on b").
The directory layout is:
<root>
+- common
| +- src
| +- src_test
+- axxbs
| +...(as above)
+- mediator
I've set up a common "maven.xml" which compiles the JARs without unit
testing them and
installs the JARs into the local repository.
The maven.xml is copied into the each of the components directories.
The dependency sections for each component are:
common:
No dependency to inhouse components:
axxbs:
<dependency>
<groupId>axxcommon</groupId>
<artifactId>common</artifactId>
<jar>common.jar</jar>
<url>the build</url>
</dependency>
mediator
<dependency>
<groupId>axxcommon</groupId>
<artifactId>common</artifactId>
<jar>common.jar</jar>
<url>Thou shalt built!</url>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>axxtmn</groupId>
<artifactId>axxbs</artifactId>
<jar>common.jar</jar>
<url>Thou shalt built!</url>
</dependency>
Using the reactor (both explicit in a toplevel maven.xml and through
multiproject) yields
the following result (it seems to be the dependencies aren't evaluated at
all - they seemed
processed in "filesystem order"):
D:\jhb_sn_bugfix_view\sw\java>mbuild.bat all_jar
__ __
| \/ |__ _Apache__ ___
| |\/| / _` \ V / -_) ' \ ~ intelligent projects ~
|_| |_\__,_|\_/\___|_||_| v. 1.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT
Starting the reactor...
Our processing order:
axxbs
axxcommon
axxmediator
+----------------------------------------
| Building JAR: axxbs
| Memory: 2M/2M
+----------------------------------------
Fors�ker � laste ned common.jar.
ADVARSEL: Mislykket nedlasting av common.jar.
BUILD FAILED
File...... file:/D:/jhb_sn_bugfix_view/sw/java/
Element... maven:reactor
Line...... 14
Column.... 28
Byggeprosessen kan ikke fortsette p� grunn av f�lgende mislykkede
avhengighet:
common.jar (try downloading from build)
Total time: 4 seconds
Finished at: Fri Dec 19 12:29:56 CET 2003
D:\jhb_sn_bugfix_view\sw\java>
The "all_jar" goal uses the reactor to invoke all projects going for a
goal doing "jar:jar (without unit tests) and jar:install"
So finally to the question; is the reactor supposed solve these
dependencies itself, or do I have to check the dep's myself?
Hints are appreciated
