In OPS4J Pax URL = a set of OSGi url handlers that can be used as well outside an OSGi container, we have using very successfully such urls: http://wiki.ops4j.org//x/CoA6This is a "home grown" implementation (version resolution, downloading, ...) as by the time it was made it was awful to embed maven. Now I'm working on another implementation that is based on Mercury.
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com>wrote: > I'm actually surprised no one has commented on this. While I can see the > benefits it might also be confusing when you realize that > > mvn://org.springframework/spring-beans/2.5.6 > > is equivalent to > > > http://myrepsoitory/org/springframework/spring-beans/2.5.6/spring-beans-2.5.6.jar > > Ralph > > > > On May 24, 2009, at 10:22 PM, bwtaylor wrote: > > >> I'm awaiting eagerly the Maven 3 introduction of attribute based POMs >> called >> for by MNG-3397. Still, I think a lot more can be done to improve, for >> lack >> of a better term, the fluency maven's language. >> >> One of the things that's always gnawed at me is the three separate >> attributes needed to define a dependency. Really, there is an implied >> constraint here as they relate in a hierarchical manner, but jointly >> define >> one thing. There happens to be another problem domain that has solved the >> idea of identifying resources universally using a single identifier, >> namely >> the internet. So here's an idea: name dependencies by URIs under a mvn: >> scheme. >> >> What if... >> mvn://${groupID}/${artifactId}/${version} >> meant the obvious thing. What if the following were equivalent: >> >> Maven 2: >> <dependency> >> <groupId>org.springframework</groupId> >> <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId> >> <version>2.5.6</version> >> </dependency> >> >> Proposed Maven 3: >> <dependency uri="mvn://org.springframework/spring-beans/2.5.6"/> >> >> Similarly for archetyptes, these would be equivalent: >> >> Maven 2: >> mvn archetype:generate \ >> -DgroupId=org.sonatype.mavenbook \ >> -DartifactId=quickstart \ >> -Dversion=1.0-SNAPSHOT \ >> -DpackageName=org.sonatype.mavenbook \ >> -DarchetypeGroupId=org.apache.maven.archetypes \ >> -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-quickstart \ >> -DarchetypeVersion=1.0 >> >> Proposed Maven 3: >> mvn archetype:generate \ >> -Duri=mvn://sonatype.mavenbook/quickstart/1.0-SNAPSHOT \ >> >> >> -DarchetypeUri=mvn://org.apache.maven.archetypes/maven-archetype-quickstart/1.0 >> \ >> -DpackageName=org.sonatype.mavenbook >> >> Thoughts? >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/Idea%3A-maven-uri%27s-tp23701309p23701309.html >> Sent from the Maven Developers mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > > -- Alin Dreghiciu Software Developer - Looking for new projects! My profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/alindreghiciu My blog: http://adreghiciu.blogspot.com http://www.ops4j.org - New Energy for OSS Communities - Open Participation Software. http://www.qi4j.org - New Energy for Java - Domain Driven Development.
