Local Repository SnapShot

[Gerard Gauthier]

I just created a SnapShot and installed it on my local repository and now what? I can see it in my ~/.m2/repository folder but how do I use in my next maven project?

I want to call mvn archetype:generate and use my new SnapShot there but I'm not sure how to add it and import it into App.java.

Need some simple guidance. Hopefully simple.

[Rob Spoor]

Anything that's available in your local repository can be added as a dependency in your Maven project, as if it were available for everyone. Just remember that any project using the dependency cannot be built by others that don't have the dependency.

[Gerard Gauthier]

Rob Spoor wrote:... Just remember that any project using the dependency cannot be built by others that don't have the dependency.

So basically(since the dependency is local) I can only build I it on my machine. Right?

I kind of figured out how dependencies work by exploring my ~/.m2 folder and the pom.xml's dependency section.

 <dependencies>    <dependency>      <groupId>junit</groupId>      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>      <version>4.11</version>      <scope>test</scope>    </dependency>  </dependencies>

I just walked into my ./m2 folder using the tags for junit as steps.

[Rob Spoor]

Gerard Gauthier wrote:

Rob Spoor wrote:... Just remember that any project using the dependency cannot be built by others that don't have the dependency.

So basically(since the dependency is local) I can only build I it on my machine. Right?

Right.

I kind of figured out how dependencies work by exploring my ~/.m2 folder and the pom.xml's dependency section.

 <dependencies>    <dependency>      <groupId>junit</groupId>      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>      <version>4.11</version>      <scope>test</scope>    </dependency>  </dependencies>

I just walked into my ./m2 folder using the tags for junit as steps.

It's probably a good idea to read Introduction to the Dependency Mechanism at least once. It tells you some more about scopes etc.

I'd like to point you to https://search.maven.org/ and https://mvnrepository.com/. They both let you do the same thing (find available dependencies and their versions), which one to use is purely personal preference. I prefer the second, even though the first one is more "official".