Such a notation would be much more useful if it were
1. standardized and
2. unambiguous
My personal preference would be "something like"
groupId:artifactId(classifier):version;extension[scope]
This way, the classifier, the extension, and the scope could be optional
simplifying this to
groupId:artifactId:version (defaulting to no classifier,
extension=jar, scope=compile)
Examples:
junit:junit:3.8.1
junit:junit():3.8.1
junit:junit:3.8.1;jar
junit:junit:3.8.1;[compile]
junit:junit:3.8.1;jar[compile]
junit:junit():3.8.1;jar[compile]
Whatever is done, having multiple conflicting ambiguous versions of this is
just bad design. The final choice should probably be consistent with the URI
specification http://labs.apache.org/webarch/uri/rfc/rfc3986.html (in this
case, a path with scheme=GAV, a blank authority, and no query or fragment) .
It should be registered.
i.e., GAV:junit:junit:3.8.1
Stan
PS. The full set of coordinates falls into two categories:
1. name the artifact (group,artifact,version,classifier)
2. meta-data about the artifact
- assistance to help find it in a repo (extension)
- restrict its use (scope)
Here, I have deliberately separated (1) from (2) by a ";"
> Luke Patterson wrote:
> I was looking more for a URN for Maven coordinates, which is slightly
> different than the flattened form of <dependency> elements. e.g. the
> <scope> portion isn't part of what I'm looking for, it is more a statement
> of how I rely upon it
>> Brian Fox-3 wrote:
>> Group:artifact:version:classifier:extension is pretty common
>>
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