The order in which you declare dependencies in pom.xml affect resulting WAR file --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Key: MNG-5057 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-5057 Project: Maven 2 & 3 Issue Type: Bug Components: Dependencies Affects Versions: 3.0.3 Environment: Apache Maven 3.0.3 (r1075438; 2011-02-28 18:31:09+0100) Maven home: /Users/lars/tools/apache-maven-3.0.3 Java version: 1.6.0_24, vendor: Apple Inc. Java home: /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: MacRoman OS name: "mac os x", version: "10.6.6", arch: "x86_64", family: "mac" Reporter: Lars Vonk Priority: Critical Attachments: web-with-xml-apis.zip, web-without-xml-apis.zip When I declare my pom as follows (see attached war-with-xml-apis.zip) then the jar file xml-apis-1.0.b2 is in my WAR file: <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd"> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> <groupId>ripe</groupId> <artifactId>web</artifactId> <packaging>war</packaging> <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version> <name>web Maven Webapp</name> <url>http://maven.apache.org</url> <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>com.atomikos</groupId> <artifactId>transactions-jta</artifactId> <version>3.6.4</version> <scope>test</scope> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId> <artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId> <version>3.4.0.GA</version> <scope>test</scope> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.axonframework</groupId> <artifactId>axon-core</artifactId> <version>0.7.1</version> <exclusions> <exclusion> <groupId>xml-apis</groupId> <artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId> </exclusion> </exclusions> </dependency> </dependencies> <build> <finalName>web</finalName> </build> </project> However, when I declare my pom as follows (axon-core is moved one up) then the xml-apis.jar is no longer in my WAR. <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd"> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> <groupId>ripe</groupId> <artifactId>web</artifactId> <packaging>war</packaging> <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version> <name>web Maven Webapp</name> <url>http://maven.apache.org</url> <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>com.atomikos</groupId> <artifactId>transactions-jta</artifactId> <version>3.6.4</version> <scope>test</scope> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.axonframework</groupId> <artifactId>axon-core</artifactId> <version>0.7.1</version> <exclusions> <exclusion> <groupId>xml-apis</groupId> <artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId> </exclusion> </exclusions> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId> <artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId> <version>3.4.0.GA</version> <scope>test</scope> </dependency> </dependencies> <build> <finalName>web</finalName> </build> </project> -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira