You can't do like that. Please have a look here: http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-dependency-mechanism.html
/Anders On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 08:37, KumarR <rupeshkumargu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the reply. Below is my POM script > > Parent Pom > --------------- > > <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"; > xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; > xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 > http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd";> > <parent> > <groupId>com.unisys.my-parent</groupId> > <artifactId>my-parent</artifactId> > <version>1.0</version> > <relativePath>../JarDefinition/pom.xml</relativePath> > </parent> > <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> > <groupId>com.unisys.SampleExample</groupId> > <artifactId>Sample</artifactId> > <packaging>jar</packaging> > <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version> > <name>Sample</name> > <dependencyManagement> > <dependencies> > <dependency> > <groupId>xyz</groupId> > <artifactId>junit</artifactId> > <version>${currentVersion}</version> > </dependency> > </dependencies> > </dependencyManagement> > </project> > > > Child POM > ---------------- > > <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"; > xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; > xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 > http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd";> > <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> > <groupId>com.unisys.my-parent</groupId> > <artifactId>my-parent</artifactId> > <packaging>pom</packaging> > <version>1.0</version> > > <dependencies> > <dependency> > <groupId>xyz</groupId> > <artifactId>junit</artifactId> > > <properties><currentVersion>3.8.1</currentVersion></properties> > </dependency> > </dependencies> > </project> > > > I am getting below error > ---------------------------- > > Reason: Parse error reading POM. Reason: Unrecognised tag: 'properties' > (position: START_TAG seen ...</version> -->\r\n\t <properties>... @14:16) > for project com.unisys.SampleExample:Sample at > D:\Projects\LEIDA\LEIDA-Workspace\RnDWorkspace\JarDefinition\pom.xml > > > [INFO] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > [INFO] Trace > org.apache.maven.reactor.MavenExecutionException: Parse error reading POM. > Reason: Unrecognised tag: 'properties' (position: START_TAG seen > ...</version> -->\r\n\t <properties>... @14:16) for project > com.unisys.SampleExample:Sample at > D:\Projects\LEIDA\LEIDA-Workspace\RnDWorkspace\JarDefinition\pom.xml > at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.getProjects(DefaultMaven.java:404) > at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:272) > at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:138) > at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:362) > at > org.apache.maven.cli.compat.CompatibleMain.main(CompatibleMain.java:60) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > at > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) > at > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:592) > at > org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:315) > at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:255) > at > org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:430) > at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:375) > Caused by: org.apache.maven.project.InvalidProjectModelException: Parse > error reading POM. Reason: Unrecognised tag: 'properties' (position: > START_TAG seen ...</version> -->\r\n\t <properties>... @14:16) for project > com.unisys.SampleExample:Sample at > D:\Projects\LEIDA\LEIDA-Workspace\RnDWorkspace\JarDefinition\pom.xml > at > org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.readModel(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:1610) > at > org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.readModel(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:1571) > at > org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.assembleLineage(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:1320) > at > org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.buildInternal(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:823) > at > org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.buildFromSourceFileInternal(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:508) > at > org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.build(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:200) > at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.getProject(DefaultMaven.java:604) > at > org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.collectProjects(DefaultMaven.java:487) > at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.getProjects(DefaultMaven.java:391) > ... 12 more > Caused by: org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.pull.XmlPullParserException: > Unrecognised tag: 'properties' (position: START_TAG seen ...</version> > -->\r\n\t <properties>... @14:16) > at > org.apache.maven.model.io.xpp3.MavenXpp3Reader.parseDependency(MavenXpp3Reader.java:1225) > at > org.apache.maven.model.io.xpp3.MavenXpp3Reader.parseModel(MavenXpp3Reader.java:2094) > at > org.apache.maven.model.io.xpp3.MavenXpp3Reader.read(MavenXpp3Reader.java:3912) > at > org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.readModel(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:1606) > > Regards > Kumar > > -- > View this message in context: > http://maven.40175.n5.nabble.com/Externalize-POM-file-tp5079337p5079564.html > Sent from the Maven - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org
