Maven dependency types
September 06, 2009 20:22:29 Last update: September 06, 2009 20:22:29
In a Maven dependency declaration, the type element corresponds to the dependant artifact's
While it usually represents the extension on the filename of the dependency, that is not always the case. A type can be mapped to a different extension and a classifier.
New types can be defined by plugins that set
Some examples are:
This is a typical declaration (
packaging type. It defaults to jar if omitted.
While it usually represents the extension on the filename of the dependency, that is not always the case. A type can be mapped to a different extension and a classifier.
New types can be defined by plugins that set
extensions to true.
Some examples are:
jar, war, ejb, ejb-client.
This is a typical declaration (
type can be omitted since it defaults to jar):
<dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>junit</groupId> <artifactId>junit</artifactId> <version>4.0</version> <type>jar</type> <scope>test</scope> <optional>true</optional> </dependency> ... </dependencies>
