Maven - Copy specific dependency with its transitive dependencies to a give location - maven

Question

I have a maven project which I have say spring framework libraries as dependencies, I want to copy spring framework dependencies with there transitive dependencies to a location specified.
I have gone through maven dependency plugin guides at apache, I have several options where non of them will solve the complete problem.
copy dependencies option
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.8</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>copy-dependencies</id>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/alternateLocation</outputDirectory>
<overWriteReleases>false</overWriteReleases>
<overWriteSnapshots>false</overWriteSnapshots>
<overWriteIfNewer>true</overWriteIfNewer>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
This will copy all the dependencies and there transitives to a given location, I want only spring dependencies and there transitives.
copying specific artifacts
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.8</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>copy</id>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>copy</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<artifactItems>
<artifactItem>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
<version>3.2.4.RELEASE</version>
<type>jar</type>
<overWrite>false</overWrite> <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/alternateLocation</outputDirectory>
<destFileName>optional-new-name.jar</destFileName>
</artifactItem>
</artifactItems>
<outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/wars</outputDirectory>
<overWriteReleases>false</overWriteReleases>
<overWriteSnapshots>true</overWriteSnapshots>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
This is not coping the transitive dependencies.
Any solution which solve my both problems.

Answer 1

This is possible with the assembly plugin.
Plugin configuration:
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1.0</version>
<configuration>
<descriptors>
<descriptor>src/assembly/assembly.xml</descriptor>
</descriptors>
<finalName>plugins</finalName> <!--folder name in target directory-->
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>some-id</id> <!-- must match assembly id in assembly.xml-->
<phase>pre-integration-test</phase> <!-- pic -->
<goals>
<goal>single</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
assembly.xml
<assembly xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/ASSEMBLY/2.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/ASSEMBLY/2.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-2.0.0.xsd">
<id>some-id</id>
<formats>
<format>dir</format>
</formats>
<includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
<dependencySets>
<dependencySet>
<includes>
<include>
org.springframework:spring-web
</include>
</includes>
<useTransitiveDependencies>true</useTransitiveDependencies>
<useTransitiveFiltering>true</useTransitiveFiltering>
</dependencySet>
</dependencySets>
</assembly>
The important bits are <useTransitiveDependencies>true</useTransitiveDependencies> and <useTransitiveFiltering>true</useTransitiveFiltering>, which cause the include to be applied to project dependencies, but not to transitive dependencies, resulting in spring-web artifact and it's dependencies to be copied to the directory.

Answer 2

You can use the maven assembly plugin for this.
Check it out and specifically the dependency set:
http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/
http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly.html#class_dependencySet
You can provide an output directory and you can specify which dependencies to put in there
There is also an option: useTransitiveDependencies. Set this to true to get the behaviour you want.

Answer 3

Here's an option:
create module (producer) to collect dependencies and publish them as a zip.
in consumer user depencency:unpack to unpack that zip
It is cumbersome and the exclusions still need some cherry picking, but much less and it could be run in parallel threads.
Producer
<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>packaging</groupId>
<artifactId>jdbcdrivers</artifactId>
<packaging>zip</packaging>
<name>jdbcdrivers</name>
<dependencies>
<!-- set up deps for capture and limit their impact on anything which depends upon this module via optional-false -->
<dependency>
<groupId>net.sf.jtds</groupId>
<artifactId>jtds</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
<optional>false</optional>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.hive</groupId>
<artifactId>hive-jdbc</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
<optional>false</optional>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>postgresql</groupId>
<artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
<optional>false</optional>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>dist profile: hive jdbc driver ${baseName}</id>
<phase>prepare-package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<outputDirectory>${project.build.outputDirectory}/lib/addons/jdbcdriver/</outputDirectory>
<useBaseVersion>true</useBaseVersion>
<excludeTransitive>false</excludeTransitive>
<overWriteIfNewer>true</overWriteIfNewer>
<includeScope>test</includeScope>
<excludeScope>provided</excludeScope>
<excludeGroupIds>org.codehaus.groovy,org.apache.ivy,jdk.tools</excludeGroupIds> <!-- you might need to cherry pick excludes if scope doesn't worjk -->
<prependGroupId>true</prependGroupId>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>