Googling "maven dependency scope" brings me to this documentation page: http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-dependency-mechanism.html
Wayne On 12/22/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In pom.xml, under <dependency> element we have <scope> element which > can have values like compile, provided, runtime, > test, system. I have below questions: > > 1. Can I assume "compile" means it is available in all types of > classpaths like compile-time, provided, runtime, test ? Is "compile" > a superset of other scope values like provided, runtime, test, system. > > 2. what does the scope value "provided" means ? what is the difference > between "compile" and "provided" ? > > 3. what does the scope value "system" means ? For this type of scope, > do we have to provide the required jars using -D argument when running > mvn command like for example "mvn -Djava.ext.dirs=c:\a.jar install" ? > > 4. what does the scope value "runtime" means? I cannot think of any > dependency that is not needed at compile time but needed at runtime. > For example if my project depends on junit then I need junit at > compile time for compiling my project and also I need junit at runtime > to successfully execute my project then for this example what does > "runtime" means? > > > Thank you. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
