It works! :) Thank you. On 1/10/08, Simon Kitching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ---- Filipe David Manana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > > Hi, > > > > I want to add a JAR archive to the CLASSPATH for the targets > build/package. > > I don't want to include that JAR archive in my final WAR file. I read > the > > documentation, and for that purpose I added in my pom.xml the following > to > > the <build> element: > > > > <extensions> > > <extension> > > <groupId>oracle</groupId> > > <artifactId>oracle-jdbc</artifactId> > > <version>14</version> > > </extension> > > </extensions> > > > > This artifact was successfully added by me doing: > > > > mvn install:install-file > > -Dfile=/opt/oracle/product/10g/jdbc/lib/ojdbc14.jar -DgroupId=oracle > > -DartifactId=oracle-jdbc -Dversion=14 -Dpackaging=jar > > > > > > Although when I run "mvn package" or "mvn compile" I get errors telling > that > > the packages/classes defined in that JAR archive were not found in the > > classpath. > > > > How can I achieve this? > > I believe the "extensions" attribute is intended to make "dynamically > discoverable" libraries available to maven plugins. > > In your case, probably what you want is > <scope>provided</scope> > which tells maven that the jar is needed for compilation and for tests, > but that the environment the artifact will finally be deployed into already > provides a copy of this so it should not be in the final bundle. > > Or maybe scope "optional" is what you are looking for. Again, optional > jars are not in the final bundle although they are present in the classpath > for compile and test phases. > > Regards, > Simon > >
-- Filipe David Manana, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Obvious facts are like secrets to those not trained to see them.
