----- Original Message ----- From: "Martijn Dashorst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Maven Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 5:43 PM Subject: Re: stupid newbie
> There are two possibilities: > * use jar-overrides (search google for that one) > * copy the proprietary jar files to your own maven repository (if you > haven't tinkered with your settings, they are in (windows) C:\Documents > and settings\username\.maven\repository) in a structure that mimicks > maven's structure. Or install your own repository and a maven-proxy > > So if you have websphere.jar which you need, then putting it in > c:\documents&settings\ben\.maven\repository\ibm\jars\websphere.jar > > and using: > <dependency> > <groupId>ibm</groupId> > <artifactId>websphere</artifactId> > <jar>websphere.jar</jar> > </dependency> > > should do the trick. It is better to use some versionnumber for the jar, > so you know which version of 'websphere.jar' you use (is better for > later reference). > > Perhaps it is even benificial to set up your own maven 'remote' > repository where you can deploy your own artifacts for reference by > other projects, and where you can put the proprietary libraries. This > repository doesn't have to be public to the rest of the world. > > Martijn > > Ben Anderson wrote: > > >That article set me pretty straight. Maven's site might want to do a better job > >at pointing people to the articles, since they are much more valuable than > >Maven's own documentation. Anyways, I'm still left with a couple of questions: > > > >I went here to find various dependencies: > >http://www.ibiblio.org/maven/ > > > >I was able to use this approach: > > <dependency> > > <groupId>itext</groupId> > > <artifactId>itext</artifactId> > > <version>0.99</version> > > </dependency> > >to satisfy some, but unfortunately our app is dependent on quite a few > >proprietary jars. I'm still unsure of how to set my classpath... > >something like this? > > <dependency> > > <jar>${websphere.compileTimeClasses}/ejs.jar</jar> > > </dependency> > >would this work if websphere.compileTimeClasses was set? If so, how do I set > >it? Like this? > > <ant:property name="websphere.compileTimeClasses" value="c:/path/to"/> > >If so, where do I put it? > >I'd prefer not to have to copy all the jars into my local repository. > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
