On 7/31/06, Roland Förther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
is it possible to specify a dependency on several modules
by a single dependency declaration (e.g. by a dependency on a parent
pom)?
You might want to explain more of what you are trying to do.
Also you might want to make sure the terminology you use is correct.
It took me a while to work it out and I can't guarantee I'm 100% correct.
A module is just a way to make building your application easier from
the command line.
It has zero effect on dependencies since in order to be a parent
module and have modules your project must be of type pom, which is
doesn't compile anything. (You do get pom.xml inheritance but that is
not the same as dependencies). Through the use of modules you can run
a single maven command at the parent level and it will also be run on
all the modules.
A dependency is where your artifact requires the other artifact. And
with Maven 2 this is now transitive. So if artifact A depends on
artifact B, and artifact B depends on C, then artifact A will
automatically pull in C through B. You can have dependencies without
having a module.
HTH
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