The third party plugin does not expect anything from the classpath as it is a 
non-Java Maven plugin. Imagine this case: The ZIP (hypothetically) contains 
SVG, the third party plugin renders into PDF, the PDF goes into the WAR as a 
resource. Again, just hypothetically. Just ignore WHY the ZIP is not a "normal" 
ZIP but concentrate on "it is of no value for the Java compiler and not 
processable by it".

But let's make the use case even easier: Just kick the third party plugin out 
of the project and instead let's just use the normal dependency plugin pick 
some content from the ZIP file to put it into the WAR. Then your question is 
gone, but still the problem exists: The Maven compiler plugin fails because the 
ZIP is not in the expected format to be processable by the Maven compiler 
plugin. That ZIP simply is NOT INTENDED to be consumed by the Maven Compiler 
plugin. BTW, your assumption is wrong: Java does NOT say "ALL zip MUST be on 
the classpath", it just says "THOSE zips that you WANT to consume by the 
compiler must be on the classpath". This is a huge difference!

-Markus


-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Tamás Cservenák <ta...@cservenak.net> 
Gesendet: Freitag, 10. Juni 2022 13:53
An: Maven Users List <users@maven.apache.org>
Betreff: Re: Keeping dependency out of all classpaths

So let's enumerate what we have so far:

- the ZIP is built in same multi module build, and is "intentionally 
incompatible"
- the ZIP should be a dependency of WAR module, needed for Maven to be able to 
make proper build ordering decisions
- Java specifically says "JARs and ZIPs are added to classpath"
- only third party plugin processes the content of zip file
- the result of WAR module class compilation AND third party plugin output 
should be part of resulting WAR

But I still have questions:
- how is the third party plugin expecting the input? Is injecting a project and 
programmatically finding the ZIP? Or does it expect it on the classpath? (as in 
this case....)

IMO, still the custom packaging (well, artifact handler bit) is the solution 
here, especially as both, producing ZIP and consuming ZIP happens in the same 
multi module build. Either the plugin should define type=foo-plugin-resources 
or something like that, or you could define custom packaging (as you do build 
the zip file) and use custom type to reference ZIP dependency?


HTH
T




On Fri, Jun 10, 2022 at 1:23 PM [Quipsy] Markus Karg <k...@quipsy.de> wrote:

> It is a dependency because it shall be built with -am if this project 
> is built, and it is consumed by this project using third party 
> plugins. But it simply is not consumed by the Java toolchain. This has 
> nothing to do with the plugin. The WAR produced here is built from 
> Java source compiled to Java classes and from ZIP-delivered binaries 
> to be put into the WAR as simple resources. There is nothing special 
> with that content nor with that properties. I do not see that the 
> third party plugin is the problem here; the problem is solely the "ALL 
> zips go into the Java classpath" default policy, which simply is 
> wrong: Even if the third-party plugin is removed, still it ist he 
> Maven compiler plugin which fails when it assumes specific ZIP format.
>
> So there is no misusing dependencies at all.
>
> -Markus
>
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Tamás Cservenák <ta...@cservenak.net>
> Gesendet: Freitag, 10. Juni 2022 13:15
> An: Maven Users List <users@maven.apache.org>
> Betreff: Re: Keeping dependency out of all classpaths
>
> Well, shoot in the dark: why is this ZIP a _dependency_ in the first place?
> As you say "they solely serve as an input to third party plugins (not 
> dealing with Java at all)". If so, maybe the plugin needs improvement 
> itself, and allow it's configuration to pick up the zip that holds 
> resources needed/used by only itself, instead to "force" these inputs 
> through the whole build ONLY to be fed/found/used by that 3rd party plugin?
>
> IMO, the plugin in question should stop misusing project dependencies, 
> that again, if it is part of multi module build (so project 
> ordering/inter dependencies should remain correct), then yes, maven 
> should "know" about it, should be dependency, but then again the 
> plugin itself should declare custom packaging (my 1st mail), and that is the 
> proper solution IMO.
>
> T
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 10, 2022 at 12:21 PM [Quipsy] Markus Karg <k...@quipsy.de>
> wrote:
>
> > That might work, but my intention is not to play with arbitrary 
> > experimental PRs, but is to find a consensus, what such a future 
> > feature should look like to get it accepted by the Maven team. Is 
> > that specific PR agreed to get adopted to Maven 4? IIUC this PR 
> > stops adding ANY zips tot he classpath, but how to keep a specific 
> > one one
> still?
> >
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: Tamás Cservenák <ta...@cservenak.net>
> > Gesendet: Freitag, 10. Juni 2022 12:13
> > An: Maven Users List <users@maven.apache.org>
> > Betreff: Re: Keeping dependency out of all classpaths
> >
> > If you can use Maven4, try out this one:
> > https://github.com/apache/maven/pull/752
> >
> > T
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 10, 2022 at 12:00 PM Tamás Cservenák 
> > <ta...@cservenak.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I see.
> > >
> > > Well, as long as oracle Java doco says this:
> > >
> > > Class paths to the JAR, zip or class files. Each class path should 
> > > end with a file name or directory depending on what you are 
> > > setting the class path to, as follows:
> > >   * For a JAR or zip file that contains class files, the class 
> > > path ends with the name of the zip or JAR file.
> > > ....
> > >
> > > Maven should comply, no? Or could maven do something about "zip 
> > > file that contains class files"?
> > >
> > > T
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jun 10, 2022 at 11:28 AM [Quipsy] Markus Karg 
> > > <k...@quipsy.de>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Thanks for the quick tip.
> > >>
> > >> While it might solve the actual problem I did have this morning, 
> > >> it is neither a clean nor a general solution for everybody and 
> > >> for always, as it still implies that all ZIPs shall go in the 
> > >> Java classpath unless custom-packaged. Which means, possibly 
> > >> repackage rather EACH ZIP, as least ZIPs shall go on the 
> > >> classpath in reality (in 20+ years fulltime with Java I never 
> > >> wanted to add any ZIP to the
> > Java classpath).
> > >>
> > >> In fact, the actual intention of this discussion is not how to 
> > >> make my personal POM build right now (it in fact already does as 
> > >> I do not have any tests, so I could go with runtime scope), but 
> > >> what I want to reach is that we find a consensus how a clean and 
> > >> generic solution should look like -- and propose that solution to 
> > >> the Maven team. 😊
> > >>
> > >> Thanks!
> > >> -Markus
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > >> Von: Tamás Cservenák <ta...@cservenak.net>
> > >> Gesendet: Freitag, 10. Juni 2022 11:13
> > >> An: Maven Users List <users@maven.apache.org>
> > >> Betreff: Re: Keeping dependency out of all classpaths
> > >>
> > >> Howdy,
> > >>
> > >> just a quick idea: introduce your own packaging "quipsy-zip"? 
> > >> (yes, you'd need your extension to be added to build, but it's 
> > >> worth it,
> > trust me).
> > >>
> > >> Look here:
> > >>
> > >> https://github.com/apache/maven/blob/master/maven-artifact/src/ma
> > >> in
> > >> /j
> > >> ava/org/apache/maven/artifact/handler/ArtifactHandler.java#L58
> > >>
> > >> So, your packaging defines (name="quipsy-zip", extension="zip", 
> > >> addedToClasspath=false...  it should work, and you'd depend on 
> > >> this zip as
> > >>
> > >> <dependency>
> > >>   <groupId>org.group</groupId>
> > >>   <artifactId>artifact</artifactId>
> > >>   <version>1.0</version>
> > >>   <type>quipsy-zip</type>
> > >> </dependency>
> > >>
> > >> See
> > >>
> > >> https://medium.com/javarevisited/create-your-own-maven-packaging-
> > >> 2d
> > >> 69
> > >> ad832720
> > >> (note: if you are NOT building this ZIP with maven, then you do 
> > >> not need lifecycle mapping, only the ArtifactHandler )
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> https://github.com/apache/maven/blob/master/maven-artifact/src/ma
> > >> in
> > >> /j
> > >> ava/org/apache/maven/artifact/handler/ArtifactHandler.java#L31
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> HTH
> > >> T
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Fri, Jun 10, 2022 at 10:54 AM [Quipsy] Markus Karg 
> > >> <k...@quipsy.de>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > How can I keep a dependency out of all classpaths?
> > >> >
> > >> > I do have a dependency in my project that produces a ZIP full 
> > >> > of resources. None of those resources is actually of any use 
> > >> > for the Java compiler; they solely serve as an input to third 
> > >> > party plugins (not dealing with Java at all). Unfortunately the 
> > >> > Maven Compiler plugin sees that ZIP and tries to read it, 
> > >> > leading to error messages as the ZIP is in an "unexpected" 
> > >> > format (for now let's just say, it is intentionally 
> > >> > incompatible). So the question is, how to tell Maven to not put 
> > >> > that dependency on ANY
> Java classpath?
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >   1.  "runtime" Scope: compile is happy now, but test-compile 
> > >> > still
> > >> fails
> > >> >   2.  Moving the dependency from being a project dependency to 
> > >> > being a plugin-specific dependency: compile and test-compile 
> > >> > are happy now, but -am doesn't build the dependency anymore and 
> > >> > dependency:tree (and other
> > >> > scanners) does not tell me about the existence oft hat 
> > >> > dependency at
> > all
> > >> >   3.  "resource" Scope: would be exactly what I like to do, but 
> > >> > Maven does not have such a scope: compile and test-compile 
> > >> > would be happy, and -am still would build the dependency just 
> > >> > like other scanners it would still see the dependency
> > >> >
> > >> > In the end, the bigger question actually is, how to tell ANY 
> > >> > plugin to ignore particular dependencies of my POM? Just 
> > >> > because my project is of type WAR does not mean that EVERYTING 
> > >> > it depends upon shall be processed by the Java toolchain... 
> > >> > Maybe it would be better if the Maven Compiler Plugin JUST puts 
> > >> > those dependencies on the classpath
> > >> that actually are JARs...?
> > >> >
> > >> > Thanks a lot!
> > >> > -Markus
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >
> >
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