2009/7/21 Thomas Scheffler <[email protected]>
> Hi,
>
> I am using the maven-dependency-plugin to build a big jar file out of
> direct
> dependencies (code below). If that big jar file is a dependency of another
> project all direct dependencies are also copied over. I just want to copy
> the
> transitive dependencies of the big jar file.
>
> I tried to mark the dependencies of the big jar file with scope "provided"
> but
> then also the transitive dependency got marked as "provided".
>
> I am at wits' end now. Can the big jar file mark direct dependencies as
> "provided" but copy the dependencies of it as its own dependencies somehow?
>
> regards
>
> Thomas
>
> <plugin>
> <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
> <executions>
> <execution>
> <id>unpack-dependencies</id>
> <phase>process-resources</phase>
> <goals>
> <goal>unpack-dependencies</goal>
> </goals>
> <configuration>
>
> <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
> <excludeTransitive>true</excludeTransitive>
> <excludes>
> LICENSE*, NOTICE*, META-INF/LICENSE*, META-INF/NOTICE*,
> license, license/**/*, test, test/**/*,
> WEB-INF/web.xml,
> WEB-INF/log4j.*,
> WEB-INF/lib, WEB-INF/lib/**/*,
> WEB-INF/classes, WEB-INF/classes/**/*
> </excludes>
> </configuration>
> </execution>
> </executions>
> </plugin>
>
>
So you have, e.g.,
M --> (A, B)
A --> { D }
B --> { E }
and you want
jar(A, B) --> { D, E }
How do jar files express dependencies? Are you trying to create a project
which then doesn't need to download any more subprojects?
You could also use the assembly plugin to generate the jar file; you can
then specify which modules to include. Maybe you could also manually copy
dependencies from A and B to M?
regards,
Nicholas
https://ntung.com
