Gilles Dodinet wrote on Wednesday, March 17, 2004 8:14 PM:

> J�rg Schaible wrote:
> 
>>> we use something like that to include external xml fragments :
>>> 
>>> <!ENTITY inherited-dependencies SYSTEM
>>> "file:../mevenide-ui-eclipse/pom-fragments/inherited-dependenc
>>> ies.xml"> 
>>> 
>>> it works under xp and linux.
>> 
>> But only if all included POMs (by reactor or extend tag) share the
>> same directory level to the multiproject's basedir.
> 
> indeed. actually this entity is defined in
> mevenide-ui-eclipse pom. the
> mevenide-ui-eclipse segment is added to allow the entity to
> be resolved
> whether pom is read from parent directory or directly from within
> basedir (i.e. using rector or not). and you're right  : another trick
> should be applied if using nested projects structure. perhaps
> something like your locator indirection. it would be cool if a later
> maven version
> supported file inclusion in a smoother way.

I just add a wiki about entity usage in Maven:
http://wiki.codehaus.org/maven/EnsureProjectConsistencyWithEntities

Hope it helps ... :)

Regards,
J�rg

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