I have a SpringBoot Maven project. I am dependent on another set of libraries. Currently am pointing to their repository path , downloading it to .m2 repository and using.
But the repository website is not reliable. SO I wanted to package the dependent libraries as part of JAR in the resources folder.
After putting the jars in resource folder. How can I get references of the Types/libraries ?
Currently:
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.dcm4che</groupId>
<artifactId>dcm4che-core</artifactId>
<version>5.23.1</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>www.dcm4che.org</id>
<name>dcm4che Repository</name>
<url>https://www.dcm4che.org/maven2</url>
</repository>
</repositories>
You can put all your libraries in a single folder either in your project or in some folder in your local. You can then add them to your maven POM.
Lets say you put all your jars in a folder called libs in your base project directory. You can then add something similar to the below in your maven POM.
<groupId>com.abc.xyz</groupId>
<artifactId>my-artifact-id</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
<scope>system</scope>
<systemPath>${basedir}/libs/my-jar-name.jar</systemPath>
You need to use the scope system. Excerpt from Maven website,
Scope : system - This 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.
Maven Documentation
If you read further, it also mentions that this has been deprecated. So, its a nice quickfix or a hack but then the best thing would be to set up a repository manager as suggested by others.
Related
I'm trying to use docker-compose-rule to run docker-compose files in junit integration tests.
I use the following dependency in my pom.xml file:
<dependency>
<groupId>com.palantir.docker.compose</groupId>
<artifactId>docker-compose-rule-core</artifactId>
<version>0.32.0</version>
<type>pom</type>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.palantir.docker.compose/docker-compose-rule-junit4 -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.palantir.docker.compose</groupId>
<artifactId>docker-compose-rule-junit4</artifactId>
<version>0.32.0</version>
</dependency>
but for some reason the artifact is not found by maven (for none of the available versions).
As far as I can say, the artifact is found in the jcenter as shows in bintray.
It also exists on maven repository.
Can someone please tell why can't I use these libraries?
Alternatively, can I reference maven to take the library from a specific url with a specific jar file, for example from github, or from here?
According to mvnrepository, the jar you are looking for is not in the maven default Central repository, but is in the Palantir repository. You can add
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>Palantir</id>
<url>https://dl.bintray.com/palantir/releases/</url>
</repository>
</repositories>
into your pom.xml, and try again.
As per this below snapshot, I see list of packages for hibernate:
I regularly see update index activity by m2e plugin(maven) in eclipse, for which I have no clue, What does it mean?
Where are these packages fetched from and displayed?
What is groupId/ArtifactId? Why can't one just say package/class instead?
Where are these packages fetched from and displayed?
By default, Maven will download from the Maven Central Repository, which is located at this URL: http://search.maven.org/
You can also add a custom repository by using the <repository> tag. Here is an example of how you can add the JBoss repository to your Maven project:
<project>
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>JBoss repository</id
<url>http://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/groups/public/</url>
</repository>
</repositories>
</project>
Maven will download the artifacts when it needs them. So doing an mvn update or mvn install would trigger Maven to go to the repository if it doesn't already have the necessary JARs locally. And the local folder where the JAR files gets stored is C:\Users\your_windows_user\.m2\repository by default.
What is groupId/ArtifactId? Why can't one just say package/class instead?
Maven operates by managing dependencies, which are individual JAR files. So if you need to use a class, Maven will pull in the entire JAR file containing that class. The main reason for this is that Java libraries typically ship as JAR files, not individual classes.
My project contains a couple of class which have to be integrated into an final jar file.
So my current "workflow" looks like:
mvn compile && jar uf contribution.jar -C target/classes .
I guess this could be done with the maven-jar plugin or through maven-assemblies but can't figure out how.
Simple - add the element <packaging>jar</packaging> to your pom.xml and invoke the following:
mvn package
See Maven build lifecycle for more information. It really is a must-read if you're planning to use Maven for you project.
Edit
Thanks for the update, I know understand what you mean. There may be a better way to do this, but this is what I use:
Maven will automatically include this jar if you add it as a dependency in the usual way, i.e:
<dependencies>
...
<dependency>
<groupId>some.group</groupId>
<artifactId>contribution</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
</dependency>
...
</dependencies>
The question is how to ensure that maven can find the jar? If the jar were in the Maven Global repository it would find it automatically, so always check this first. If not, then you will have to create your own repository to store custom jars. This may not be the most clever way to do it, but it's how I do it. Note that this is not the same thing as the cache stored in the .m2 folder.
Let's say we want to use c:\maven\repo as our local. To do this, first ensure the folder exists then add the following lines to your pom.xml:
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>my-repo</id>
<url>file://c:\maven\repo</url>
</repository>
</repositories>
Next, you will need to manually add the contribution jar to this repo. To do this execute the mvn deploy:deploy-file command and give it the appropriate values. See here for more information.
Now when build/compile/package your original project, it should include contribution.jar in the packaging as it is a dependency.
Hope this helps :)
I'm trying to add the following db2 jars to my Java web application using Maven...
db2jcc_license_cu.jar
db2jcc_javax.jar
db2jcc.jar
I'm following the instructions posted in this post...
Can I add jars to maven 2 build classpath without installing them?
I want to use the static in-project repository solution. So far I have...
Created a folder in my root directory named lib. Inside this
directory lives the three db2 jars.
Added the following to my pom file...
<repository>
<id>lib</id>
<releases>
<enabled>true</enabled>
<checksumPolicy>ignore</checksumPolicy>
</releases>
<snapshots>
<enabled>false</enabled>
</snapshots>
<url>file://${project.basedir}/lib</url>
</repository>
</repositories>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.ibm.db2.jcc</groupId>
<artifactId>db2jcc</artifactId>
<version>3.8.47</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.ibm.db2.jcc</groupId>
<artifactId>db2jcc_license_cu</artifactId>
<version>3.8.47</version>
</dependency>
But when I run a maven install I get ...
[WARNING] The POM for com.ibm.db2.jcc:db2jcc:jar:3.8.47 is missing, no dependency information available
[WARNING] The POM for com.ibm.db2.jcc:db2jcc_license_cu:jar:3.8.47 is missing, no dependency information available
I got the version of the Jars by running a...
java com.ibm.db2.jcc.DB2Jcc -version
Have I specified this version info corretly? Can anyone suggest what I am doing wrong?
The problem is that you didn't install the jars properly in your "project-maven-repository" (i.e. in the folder ${project.basedir}/lib)
Maven stores (when you do mvn install) the jar files in a maven repository. A maven repository have precise hierarchical structure. Here is a simplified vision of this structure:
the artifact groupId+artifactId define the first part of folder path (in the repository) where the artifact is stored.
the artifact version is the second part of the folder path
the artifact version is also a suffix to the artifact name
the artifactId is the artifact name
the packaging is the artifact extension (default is jar)
By default maven use a repository located under <USER_HOME>/.m2/repository
The solution you are trying to setup use another location for the repository : ${project.basedir}/lib and even if it is not the default repository location it is still a maven-repository and so maven is expecting to find the usual maven repository hierarchy under this location.
That's why you need to organize your ${project.basedir}/lib folder just like a maven repository. That's explained in this part of the referenced post:
Use Maven to install to project repo
Instead of creating this structure by hand I recommend to use a Maven plugin to install your jars as artifacts. So, to install an artifact to an in-project repository under repo folder execute:
mvn install:install-file -DlocalRepositoryPath=lib -DcreateChecksum=true -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=[your-jar] -DgroupId=[...] -DartifactId=[...] -Dversion=[...]
If you'll choose this approach you'll be able to simplify the repository declaration in pom to:
<repository>
<id>repo</id>
<url>file://${project.basedir}/lib</url>
</repository>
So you need to do an mvn install to create the ${project.basedir}/lib hierarchy (you can do it by hand, but it's not recommended and error prone).
I your case, the commands to run will be like this: (assuming you put the jar in your HOME_DIR and run this command in your ${project.basedir})
mvn install:install-file -DlocalRepositoryPath=lib -DcreateChecksum=true -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=<USER_HOME>/db2jcc_license_cu.jar -DgroupId=com.ibm.db2.jcc -DartifactId=db2jcc_license_cu -Dversion=3.8.47
What are the advantages of the approch you choose :
a developer with no maven setup will have the libraries available inside the project sources, under SCM system.
you can easily reference jars that aren't in a public maven repository without the need of something like artifactory or nexus
The drawbacks :
a quite complex folder structure under ${project.basedir}/lib looking very strange for someone not used to work with maven.
you will store the libraries under SCM (lot's of huge binary files)
Another solution would be to download those jars before hand and put them somewhere relatively to your project (like lib directory). Now just tell maven to use those jars. Here the groupId, artifactdId and version are JFYI since they won't be used to download anything.
The merit of this solution is that you won't have to build a maven repository.
<dependencies>
...
<dependency>
<groupId>com.ibm.db2.jcc</groupId>
<artifactId>licences</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version> <!-- Adjust this properly -->
<scope>system</scope>
<systemPath>${basedir}/lib/db2jcc_license_cu.jar</systemPath>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.ibm.db2.jcc</groupId>
<artifactId>db2jcc4</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version> <!-- Adjust this properly -->
<scope>system</scope>
<systemPath>${basedir}/lib/db2jcc4.jar</systemPath>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.ibm.db2.jcc</groupId>
<artifactId>db2jcc_javax</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version> <!-- Adjust this properly -->
<scope>system</scope>
<systemPath>${basedir}/lib/db2jcc_javax.jar</systemPath>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
Refer Link (Japanese): Mavenリポジトリで提供されていないサードパーティJarをどうするか
I guess these jars do not have a pom.xml. Hence the warning. If the jars get packaged and the application works, then I guess you do not have a problem.
I am new to Maven. If I start new project with Maven, should I know any repository URLs for it to work?
For example, this Hibernate tutorial http://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/core/3.3/reference/en/html/tutorial.html says about how to create a sample project with pom.xml text. But this pom.xml does not contain any repositories.
So, my m2eclipse plugin says, for example Project build error: 'dependencies.dependency.version' for org.hibernate:hibernate-core:jar is missing., for all dependency tag in pom.xml
Is this because of repositories absence?
Where to know repositories URLs? Is there one big repository? Why doesn't it included by default?
UPDATE 1
It is said here, that Maven should use "central" repository by default: http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-repositories.html
I have searched there for hibernate-code artifact and found it. So, this artifact IS in central repository. By my maven says dependency not found. Hence it doesn't use it's central repository. Why?
Apparently your Hibernate dependency is missing <version> tag:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
<version>3.6.9.Final</version> <!-- this line is missing -->
</dependency>
Note that you don't have to specify version of dependencies previously declared in <dependencyManagement>.
Old answer:
Every build script (not only with Maven) should be reproducible and independent from environment. Standard pom.xml (called super pom), which every pom.xml inherits from, already defines main Maven central repository:
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>central</id>
<name>Maven Repository Switchboard</name>
<layout>default</layout>
<url>https://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
<snapshots>
<enabled>false</enabled>
</snapshots>
</repository>
</repositories>
You don't have to define this repository, and you don't have to define any others if all your dependencies are there. On the other hand if you are using some external repositories, you must add them to pom.xml, so that every developer is always able to build.
The bottom line is: if you can build the project having a completely empty repository, your pom.xml is fine.
It's not advisable to define repositories in POM files as that causes a lot of issues (Maven will search those repositories for ANY artifact even the ones available at Central, poor portability, ...)
Best approach: Setup a repository manager (Artifactory, Nexus) and edit your settings.xml file to use the repo manager as a mirror.
Second best approach: Define the required repositories in your settings.xml file, not in your pom.xml files.
Repositories in poms is a bad idea.