I appreciate that you're trying to use Maven to build software, but you've framed your question unfairly.
What is the simplest way to specify a directory (and all jars underneath > this directory) to be in the maven classpath when it compiles .java classes > and builds a .jar? > Maven builds from versioned JARs identified by coordinates. You cannot jam a directory of JARs into the classpath. Maybe you can do that in Ant, but not Maven. I need something with no more than 5..10 lines of XML that would include > this directory so that it would pick up all jars and add to the class path. > Doesn't exist, no matter how much you want it. There are hundreds of jar files in the > $TOMCAT_HOME/<web-context>/WEB-INF/lib directory. > Over time I can create an entry for each one, but I just don't have time > for that right now, also I would need to determine the version of each and that would be a nightmare. The time is now. Don't leave the nightmare for someone else later. I suspect your real issue is closer to this: https://blog.sonatype.com/2009/04/how-to-convert-from-ant-to-maven-in-5-minutes/ Greg Chabala On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 9:48 AM /dev /local/ca <devloca...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you for the suggestion Bernd, > > Do you have an example you can share? There are hundreds of jar files in > the $TOMCAT_HOME/<web-context>/WEB-INF/lib directory. > > I need something with no more than 5..10 lines of XML that would include > this directory so that it would pick up all jars and add to the class path. > Over time I can create an entry for each one, but I just don't have time > for that right now, also I would need to determine the version of each and > that would be a nightmare. > > If you can please help with what the question asks. > > On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 2:38 AM Bernd Eckenfels <e...@zusammenkunft.net> > wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > It is really not a good idea to fight maven. If you need something in the > > classpath for compile, specify it as dependency in the Pom. Otherwise > your > > build cannot be repeated and the project is hard to set up. > > > > All tomcat libraries needed to compile should be in the maven repository. > > If you have custom artifacts, the normal method is to upload them to a > > (own) repository Server and reference them there. > > > > There is a way to specify a local („system“) location for dependencies, > > but I would not recommend that way. (And in all cases not possible to > use a > > wildcard/directory search) > > > > Gruss > > Bernd > > > > > > -- > > http://bernd.eckenfels.net > > ________________________________ > > Von: /dev /local/ca <devloca...@gmail.com> > > Gesendet: Friday, October 16, 2020 10:24:50 AM > > An: users@maven.apache.org <users@maven.apache.org> > > Betreff: Using Apache Maven, what is the simplest way to include > > <tomcat-home/webapps/<web-context>/lib/ directory in the classpath in the > > pom.xml > > > > What is the simplest way to specify a directory (and all jars underneath > > this directory) to be in the maven classpath when it compiles .java > classes > > and builds a .jar? > > > > The directory is not in my git repo or any directory under my IDE project > > files. > > > > I have a requirement to create a pom.xml that will reference the current > > project, and external jars in a /lib/ directory. > > ------------------------------ > > > > The requirement is to put together a pom.xml for a maven build that > depends > > on jars in: > > > > $TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/<web-context>/WEB-INF/lib/ > > > > I want to reference that location directly in the maven pom.xml file and > > not copy the /lib/*.jar files to another directory under my git repo. > > > > The .../WEB-INF/lib/ contains .jar files that contains classes that my > > project imports. > > > > The jar that is then built will be put into: > > $TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/<web-context>/WEB-INF/lib/ to extend the product as > > per the vendor instructions. > > ------------------------------ > > > > If anyone has had this exact issue, and has a reference pom.xml that can > be > > pasted here, it would be extremely helpful and get me going quickly. > > ------------------------------ > > > > Irrespective of the deployment part where I copy the jar to > > /webapps/<web-context>/WEB-INF/lib/, I would be happy to just get files > > under /src/com/.../.java/ compiled and put into a jar in the /target/ > > directory > > >
