Hi, for some analyses of third-party *-tests.jar artifacts I want to build a test classpath.
My input is an Artifact coordinate like org.example:example:jar:tests:1.0. I can use this to download the example-1.0-tests.jar and also to download all test-scoped dependencies of org.example:example:1.0. Great! Alas, the test classpath is incomplete without the primary artifact, which may or may not have the extension "jar". So simply trying to resolve org.example:example:jar:1.0 won't always work. I may instead have to look for org.example:example:war:1.0 or some other coordinate. (FWIW, there are really WARs with *-test.jar in Central [1], so this isn't a hypothetical problem.) Now, the question is how to get that extension with the maven-resolver? Here's what I tried already: - ArtifactDescriptorResult.getArtifact() simply parrots back the extension from the request, so if I do a readArtifactDescriptor for org.example:example:1.0, it always says "jar" (as that is the default). - I could download the POM, but that would only give me the *packaging*, not the extension. Also, the set of packagings is extensible, so hard-coding a mapping may work for common cases like bundle->jar, not is not a real solution. Any pointers? Or is what I am after impossible, as there simply is not enough information in the remote repository to piece this together? Best wishes, Andreas [1] <http://search.maven.org/#search%7Cga%7C1%7Ca%3A%22road-traffic-rest%22>
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