Maven build including jar files on local drive

[Jenny Kim]

Hi guys,

I'm trying to include some jar files located in my C: drive into my build.

I've declared the dependencies on the jar files like this:

...
<dependency>
<groupId>blazeadvisor65</groupId>
<artifactId>license.jar</artifactId>
<version>LATEST</version>
<scope>system</scope>
<systemPath>${blazeadvisor65.home}/lib/license.jar</systemPath>
</dependency>
...

The problem is, the project builds successfully but doesn't include the jar file into the final .ear.

Should I take a copy of the local jar files and place them in the ...\.m2\repository?.... I've had a look in there and all of the jar files in there have a ".pom" file...would I have to create one of these too?

Btw, I'm new to Maven, and to this forum, feel free to give me any other advice...especially if I've repeated this post or anything.

Thanks heaps.

[Uli Hofstoetter]

http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-dependency-mechanism.html

says about sysstem scope:

his scope is similar to provided except that you have to provide the JAR which contains it explicitly. The artifact is always available and is not looked up in a repository.

So the artifact is expected to be available at runtime.

I am not sure, if "compile"-scoped libraries can be provided via systempath, but I recommend to install the license.jar to your local maven repository or to your company repository (if available).

[Jenny Kim]

Yeah... I think I might have to do that.

Reading an article on setting up a Maven repository now http://www.theserverside.com/tt/articles/article.tss?l=SettingUpMavenRepository

Thanks for your help!

[Karthik Guru]

If you want to build a redistributable ear, I think you should look at maven assembly plugin.