I think you're looking for something like this... EJB Client projects ejb1 - pom.xml ejb2 - pom.xml ejb3 - pom.xml
application-x-ejb-client - pom.xml <dep>ejb1</dep> <dep>ejb2</dep> <dep>ejb3</dep> app1 - pom.xml <dep>application-x-ejb-client</dep> When starting a new project (app1 above), you only need to declare a single dependency on application-x-ejb-client project, which will transitively pull in the ejb1, ejb2, and ejb3 dependencies. Give this a try and stay flexible to try some other approaches as you become more comfortable with Maven and fully integrate it into your development process. Wayne On 7/31/06, Barrie Treloar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Indeed, DRY is one benefit I want to get and we have several clients. > > I think it is important to explicit list your dependencies, otherwise > > you pull in cruft and the kitchen sink unnecessarily. You didn't respond to this. Do all clients have the SAME dependency set? Unless you are talking about a large number of client projects, and even then, I would still explicitly list the dependencies for each client. As the dependencies should be correct for those clients and not include cruft because it is easier. > But think of a typical scenario, where client and middleware is > developed by separate > teams. You get decoupling of client dependency from client artifact > naming, versioning and partitioning, > which is controlled by the middleware team, if you use an > intermediate 'application-x-ejb-client' project. You get all this with maven out of the box anyway. There is no need for an intermediate. I am failing to follow what you are trying to do. I'd suggest trying it the hard way and seeing how you go. I think you will find it won't turn out to be hard or onerous. Of course you are using maven 2 right? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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