Er hrm, I'm not sure why this sent again, but ignore it. Question already answered, thanks!
Matt On May 30, 2014 at 4:39 PM Matt Whiteman <mwhite...@purelandsupply.com> wrote: > Hi, > > > > This has probably been answered before, but I haven't been able to find the > answer and I'm hoping someone knows. > > > > I'm writing several apps that talk to a Microsoft SQL database, so I'm using > the Hibernate dependency. Since Microsoft doesn't make the sqljdbc4 jar > available on Maven, I've downloaded it, and I'm trying to make it an > unmanaged dependency in its own standalone project so that I can simply > reference it in other projects' pom files without having to deploy the jar > to each one individually. > > > > I've followed the instructions for deploying an unmanaged dependency. As I > am the only developer at my company (at this time), I do not have a separate > Maven server setup. I was hoping to simply deploy the dependency and then > run 'maven install' so that it copies everything needed into my .m2 folder. > This is my directory setup: > > > > (This is the project directory for the sqljdbc4 unmanaged dependency) > > C:\dev\Github-repos\addons\sqljdbc4 > > +- pom.xml > > +-src > > +-repo > > > > I followed the instructions to use mvn deploy on the local sqljdbc4.jar > file. I am using an artifactId of sqljdbc4, version 4.0, groupId of > com.microsoft.sqlserver. After deployment, the repo directory does appear to > be correctly populated: > > > > C:\dev\Github-repos\addons\sqljdbc4 > > +- pom.xml > > +-src > > +-repo > > +-com > > +-microsoft > > +-sqlserver > > +-sqljdbc4 > > +-maven-metadata > > +-4.0 > > +-sqljdbc4-4.0.jar > > +-sqljdbc4-4.0.pom > > > > Next, following the instructions, I go back into the pom.xml file and add > the repository tag, so my pom.xml for this now looks like: > > > > <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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd";> > > <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> > > <groupId>com.microsoft.sqlserver</groupId> > > <artifactId>sqljdbc4</artifactId> > > <version>4.0</version> > > > > <repositories> > > <!--other repositories if any--> > > <repository> > > <id>project.local</id> > > <name>project</name> > > <url>file:${project.basedir}/repo</url> > > </repository> > > </repositories> > > </project> > > > > > > Now, here is the problem. Since I want to use this as a dependency in other > projects, I am trying to run 'maven install' so that it will push everything > into my .m2 directory. The maven build is a success. However, the resulting > sqljdbc4.jar file in the target directory and up in the m2 directory is only > 2kb (whereas the original jar file is 571kb, none of the content made it > in). As a result, projects that use this as a dependency build, but then > throw a ClassNotFoundException at runtime, because the classes aren't there. > > > > I am building a separate project that uses this as a dependency: > > > > C:\dev\Github-repos\applications\myapp > > > > The pom.xml for this project uses the dependency correctly: > > <dependency> > > <groupId>com.microsoft.sqlserver</groupId> > > <artifactId>sqljdbc4</artifactId> > > <version>4.0</version> > > </dependency> > > > > I'm even using the maven assembly plugin to ensure a jar is built with all > dependencies packaged in: > > > > <plugin> > > > <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId> > > <configuration> > > <descriptorRefs> > > > <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef> > > </descriptorRefs> > > <archive> > > <manifest> > > <addClasspath>true</addClasspath> > > > <mainClass>productfeeds.main.ProductFeedDriver</mainClass> > > </manifest> > > </archive> > > </configuration> > > <executions> > > <execution> > > <phase>package</phase> > > <goals> > > <goal>single</goal> > > </goals> > > </execution> > > </executions> > > </plugin> > > > > > > Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? I'm sure it's something really simple I've > overlooked. If I don't make this a standalone dependency, and simply use > 'mvn install:install-file -Dfile=sqljdbc4.jar > -DgroupId=com.microsoft.sqlserver -DartifactId=sqljdbc4 -Dversion=4.0 > -Dpackaging=jar ', then everything works fine. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Matt > > >
