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ASF GitHub Bot commented on MNG-8015: ------------------------------------- desruisseaux commented on PR #1401: URL: https://github.com/apache/maven/pull/1401#issuecomment-1933707741 I'm not familiar with the relationship between Maven and Resolver. But if the `maven-resolver-provider` is used outside Maven with the expectation that it provides the same result, maybe we should move the PR there? It is not opinionated, as it is based on the intersection of two supplied information: * Which paths a JAR can be placed (information supplied by the JAR producer). * Which paths a plugin wants to use (information supplied by the JAR consumer). The only heuristic part is what to do when the intersection of the above contains 2 or more paths. > Control the type of path where each dependency can be placed > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Key: MNG-8015 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-8015 > Project: Maven > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: Core > Affects Versions: 4.0.0-alpha-12 > Reporter: Martin Desruisseaux > Priority: Major > > Make possible to declare where each dependency can be placed: on the > module-path, class-path, agent path, doclet path, taglet path, annotation > processing path, _etc._ The proposed improvement consists in adding a new > {{PATH_TYPES}} property that can be associated to dependencies. The property > value is an array of {{PathType}}, a new enumeration-like class with values > such as {{CLASSES}}, {{MODULES}}, {{DOCLET}}, _etc._ Contrarily to real Java > enumerations, this enumeration-like class is extensible: plugins can add > their own enumeration values. This is required at least for the > {{--patch-module}} option, where a new {{PathType}} enumeration value need to > be created for each module to patch. > Users can control indirectly the {{PathType}} of a dependency by specifying > the dependency type. Note that there is no direct mapping between the > dependency type and where the dependency will be placed, but only an indirect > mapping caused by the fact that using a dependency type implies implicit > values of some properties such as classifier, and (with this proposal) path > types: > * {{<type>jar</type>}} implies {{PathType.CLASSES}} and {{PathType.MODULES}}. > * {{<type>modular-jar</type>}} implies {{PathType.MODULES}} only. > * {{<type>classpath-jar</type>}} implies {{PathType.CLASSES}} only. > * _etc._ > When a plugin requests the paths of dependencies, the plugin specifies the > types of path it is interested in. For example, a Java compiler plugin can > specify that it is interested in {{PathType.CLASSES}} and > {{PathType.MODULES}}, but not {{PathType.DOCLET}}. If a dependency declared > that it can be placed on the class-path or the doclet-path, only the > class-path is left after intersection with plugin's request. This is > important for the next step. > If, after all filtering such as above paragraph are applied, a dependency has > only one {{PathType}} left, then there is no ambiguity and we are done. > Combined with above-cited dependency types like {{modular-jar}} or > {{classpath-jar}}, this rule allows users to control where the dependency > will be placed. But if there are two or more {{PathType}} left after > filtering, then a choice needs to be done. For example if there are both > {{PathType.CLASSES}} and {{PathType.MODULES}} (which may happen when > {{<type>jar</type>}} is used), then an heuristic rule similar to Maven 3 can > be applied: check if a {{module-info.class}} file or an {{Automatic-Name}} > manifest attribute is present, and base the decision on that. > This proposal aims to fix MNG-7855. -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.20.10#820010)