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Igor Fedorenko commented on MNG-5727: ------------------------------------- I didn't want to change how maven handles unused invalid <dependencyManagement> elements, so reporting problems with invalid <dependencies> seems like the right way to fix InvalidArtifactRTException. For example, I don't see why the following pom.xml should be considered invalid {code} <project> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> <groupId>test</groupId> <artifactId>versionless-managed-dependency.xml</artifactId> <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version> <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>junit</groupId> <artifactId>junit</artifactId> <version>4.12</version> </dependency> </dependencies> <dependencyManagement> <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>junit</groupId> <artifactId>junit</artifactId> <scope>test</scope> </dependency> </dependencies> </dependencyManagement> </project> {code} > unexpected InvalidArtifactRTException from ProjectBuilder#build > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: MNG-5727 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-5727 > Project: Maven > Issue Type: Bug > Reporter: Igor Fedorenko > Fix For: 3.2.5 > > > Calling into ProjectBuilder#build(File, ProjectBuildingRequest) results in > InvalidArtifactRTException below if project pom.xml has managed dependency > without <version>. Although the pom is invalid, I expected to get > ProjectBuildingException that includes location of problematic dependency, > similar to what I get during command line build. > {code} > org.apache.maven.artifact.InvalidArtifactRTException: For artifact > {org.apache.maven.its:a:null:jar}: The version cannot be empty. > at > org.apache.maven.artifact.DefaultArtifact.validateIdentity(DefaultArtifact.java:148) > at > org.apache.maven.artifact.DefaultArtifact.<init>(DefaultArtifact.java:123) > at > org.apache.maven.bridge.MavenRepositorySystem.XcreateArtifact(MavenRepositorySystem.java:695) > at > org.apache.maven.bridge.MavenRepositorySystem.XcreateDependencyArtifact(MavenRepositorySystem.java:613) > at > org.apache.maven.bridge.MavenRepositorySystem.createDependencyArtifact(MavenRepositorySystem.java:121) > at > org.apache.maven.project.DefaultProjectBuilder.initProject(DefaultProjectBuilder.java:808) > at > org.apache.maven.project.DefaultProjectBuilder.build(DefaultProjectBuilder.java:174) > at > org.apache.maven.project.DefaultProjectBuilder.build(DefaultProjectBuilder.java:118) > ... > {code} -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)