Yes, it will work in this situation, but this is specifically for
provided jars though. It is not intended as a general mechanism for
optional dependencies.

- Brett

On 6/22/05, Scott Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Jun 21, 2005, at 8:01 AM, Brett Porter wrote:
> 
> > scope = provided, available from alpha-3 (currently aiming for a
> > Wednesday release)
> 
> Will this new scope also be suitable for an optional dependency of a
> library?
> 
> Specifically, I have a library project which used to be just one jar.
> I recently moved some common code out to a more generic library, so
> now I have two. Each has a couple of classes for use in a servlet
> context. I could split these off into separate jars - thus having
> four total - but I'd rather not. It seems like too much additional
> complexity for too little gain. These classes will either be used in
> a servlet context (in which case, it will indeed be provided) or not
> at all.
> 
> Scott
> 
> --
> Scott Lamb <http://www.slamb.org/>
>

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