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John Lin commented on MDEP-645:
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I think it would be better if it's a new mojo. The mojo :list doesn't look like
a proper place to achieve this.
> List classes in a given artifact
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>
> Key: MDEP-645
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MDEP-645
> Project: Maven Dependency Plugin
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Reporter: John Lin
> Priority: Minor
> Labels: intern
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> When I want to list all the classes in a given artifact, I have to use
> {{jar}} command to show files in the corresponding .jar file.
> For example, I want to list all the classes in the artifact
> {code}
> org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.6
> {code}
> I have to run
> {code}
> jar tf
> ~/.m2/repository/org/apache/commons/commons-lang3/3.6/commons-lang3-3.6.jar
> {code}
> This method has some disadvantages:
> # The jar file may not be downloaded, so it may not be in
> {{~/.m2/repository}}.
> # It's kind of tedious to type such a long filename.
> # The output is shown in raw filenames, e.g.,
> {{org/apache/commons/lang3/SystemUtils.class}}, but I generally want a
> package + class name {{org.apache.commons.lang3.SystemUtils}}.
> So I would expect a goal called {{show}} with an argument {{artifact}}, so I
> can type
> {code}
> mvn dependency:show -Dartifact=org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.6
> {code}
> to show
> {code}
> org.apache.commons.lang3.CharUtils
> org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils
> ...
> {code}
> What do you guys think? Thanks.
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