http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-05-2006/jw-0529-maven.html -- maybe an article that might be useful in your investigation/evaluation of Maven
HTH Natalie On 6/19/06, Tejesh Shetty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi, Currently I use ant build scripts for many of my projects basically to create EAR and nothing else. Recently I have been reading about maven and things it can do; not only build projects but so many other things. But there are some things I am worried about before I completely move to maven. One of the very important things is the directory structure, when I was reading 'better build with maven' it always says how things are easier when you follow standard directory structure; how much of a maven script changes you have to do if you do not follow standards and still be able to build and use maven. One of the things with ANT you pretty much control where each jar or each file goes and sit in WAR/EAR. Can you still do all of that in maven? If I don't use standard directory structure will I be able to use maven core tasks to control what goes into each ears, wars or jars? Is it true that you can only use maven if you follow their standard directory structure or else it is going to be nightmare? Thanks. TJ.
