I don't know about 'harmful', but there are certainly some good ways to shoot your toes off.
My convention is that I only use shaded jars as exports to the non-Maven world, I discourage using shaded jars as part of a larger dependency graph. I could detail some mishaps which motivated that convention if anyone cares. On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 11:36 AM, Ron Wheeler <[email protected] > wrote: > I wrote this in 2011 > http://blog.artifact-software.com/tech/?p=121 > which describe our use of aggregation jars. > It is, of course, focused on the wonderful advantages that these offer. > > It may have prompted the discussion that you recall so this might give you > a time-frame to narrow your search. > > I may be wrong but I think that Stephen Connolly and Wayne Fay raised some > issues with the approach. The word "anti-pattern" may have come up.:-) > > Perhaps this will jog some memories. > > Ron > > > On 01/12/2014 10:59 AM, Jeffrey E Care wrote: > >> I seem to recall a post in the not too distant past where is was at least >> implied (if not outwardly stated) that the use of uber jars was an >> anti-practice. Unfortunately I can't find it now and my google-fu is >> failing me. >> >> Am I making this up? Can anyone confirm my recollection? >> >> Is there a best-practice recommendation re. uber jars that is generally >> recognized in the Maven community? >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> *Jeffrey E. (Jeff) Care* >> Advisory Software Engineer | IBM Watson Implementations Release >> Engineering >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>| External: 919-543-4907 | Tie >> line: 441-4907 >> <http://www.facebook.com/ibmwatson><https://twitter. >> com/@ibmwatson><http://www.youtube.com/user/IBMWatsonSolutions/videos> >> >> >> > > -- > Ron Wheeler > President > Artifact Software Inc > email: [email protected] > skype: ronaldmwheeler > phone: 866-970-2435, ext 102 > >
