You really need to just read Better Builds With Maven (from devzuz.com) or Maven: The Definitive Guide (from sonatype.com), they have answers for all your questions.
Wayne On 2/29/08, Maria Odea Ching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 2:46 PM, Muzammil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi All, > > I am required to use Maven for my project. > > My question is regarding the Jars I require for my project. > > Is it necessary to add information of all the Jars required by ur project > > in > > the POM file as dependency. > > > The required info are: groupId, artifactId and version > > > > These dependency jars as I know are either in > > the users local repository or if not available in the local repository are > > then downloaded from the remote repository into the local repository. > > But then what if the jars that I require or the versions of the jar that I > > require are not even available in the remote repository. In that case what > > to do? > > > You could host an internal repository where you could deploy these missing > jars and add this > repo in your pom. In this case, everyone who builds the project won't have > to install these > jars in their local repositories. > > Check out these repo managers that you could use to host an internal repo > (and create proxies as well): > - Archiva > - Proximity > - Artifactory > > > > My other question related to this is that if I already have the required > > jars for my project on my system but not in the local repository then is > > there a way to tell Maven to use the required Jars from those locations in > > ur system. > > > I believe this would answer your question: > http://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-model/maven.html#class_dependency > > > > If not then what is the exact way to put those jars in the local > > repository? > > > You could use the install-file goal of the maven-install-plugin to put jars > in your local repository. > > > > I hope I have made myself clear to everyone:-) > > -- > > > HTH, > Deng > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
