To handle versions of dependencies in Maven you use a dependencyManagement section, which you normally put in a parent pom. By doing this, you only have to change the version in one place when you upgrade to a new version. http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-dependency-mechanism.html
/Anders On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 11:38, Adam Flinton <adam.flin...@nhs.net> wrote: > Dear All, > > We have a project which is an assembly of other projects. At present the > versions of these projects is set in individual POM files which means > (A) Someone can set one part to use one version of a sub-project while > another uses a different one > (B) If you want to upgrade a version number you have to run a script > which goes through all pom.xml looking for a string/pattern & settign it > to the new version etc. > > I was wondering if it is possible to create a controller pom which > contains a list of all projects which are used by other projects and > their version numbers. > > This would then be used by the compile process for those subprojects to > generate the relevantly versioned jar files & then by the projects which > depend on the subfiles to use that version. > > > In Ant we used to have a central properties file which simply consisted > of project=version & which was included by all. > > i.e. imagine a set of Projects called A, B, C and D > In the properties file we would have > > A=1.38 > B=2.30 > C=1.99 > D=2.50 > > This could then be used to swap between development & release by > including/rmoving the -SNAPSHOT e.g. > > Development could look like: > > A=1.38-SNAPSHOT > B=2.30-SNAPSHOT > C=1.99-SNAPSHOT > D=2.50-SNAPSHOT > > > This is used in the compilation/packaging of A in A-1.38-SNAPSHOT.jar > > & then if B depends on A then it includes A-1.38-SNAPSHOT.jar in it's path. > > etc. > > TIA > > Adam > > > > > ******************************************************************************************************************** > > This message may contain confidential information. If you are not the > intended recipient please inform the > sender that you have received the message in error before deleting it. > Please do not disclose, copy or distribute information in this e-mail or > take any action in reliance on its contents: > to do so is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. > > Thank you for your co-operation. > > NHSmail is the secure email and directory service available for all NHS > staff in England and Scotland > NHSmail is approved for exchanging patient data and other sensitive > information with NHSmail and GSI recipients > NHSmail provides an email address for your career in the NHS and can be > accessed anywhere > For more information and to find out how you can switch, visit > www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/nhsmail > > > ******************************************************************************************************************** > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org > >
