Hi. I created an ant file for this job and I will instruct the user how to call it. But, as you said, these are just hack. Anyways, thanks for everything.
My bests, Cosmin On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 7:33 PM, Giesselmann, Torben < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't really know if there's a builtin way to do this. > > But you could always use Maven's Groovy plugin and execute a Groovy script > at the "install" goal: > - have it download the file > - unpack it and do whatever file operations you like > - start a new process executing a 'mvn install:install-file' > > Still ... it seems like a "hack" to me. ;-) Maybe there's a better way. > > Regards, > - Torben > > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: Cosmin Marginean [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Gesendet: Freitag, 4. April 2008 14:33 > > An: Maven Users List > > Betreff: Re: Third party dependency > > > > Hello, > > > > Thanks for the reply. I apologize for being uncler. I only > > realized that now that I am reading my initial mail again. The part: > > > > > This means that I would like to be able to download a zip from > > > http://somehost.com/somepath/something.zip, unpack it and copy some > > > jar from there in the local Maven repository. I would like > > to be able > > > to run this before the plugin goal is runing. > > > > actually means that I would like to do this automatically > > when the plugin is installed. So what I actually need to know > > if it's possible with conventional Maven weapons to do these > > operations (download + unpack + install with a > > group/artifactId/etc in local repo) automatically. > > > > Thanks again. My bests, > > Cosmin > > > > On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 3:17 PM, Giesselmann, Torben < > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Heya -- you can install the library in your local > > repository, see here: > > > > > > > > > http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-3rd-party-jars-local.html > > > > > > Or you could just as well setup an internal repository: > > > > > > > > > > > http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-repositori > > > es.html > > > > > > Regards, > > > - Torben Giesselmann > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > > > Von: Cosmin Marginean [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 3. April 2008 15:46 > > > > An: Maven Users List > > > > Betreff: Third party dependency > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > I am having this issue related to a third-party dependency. > > > > It's about Saxon and some license issues that are not > > clarified yet. > > > > I have a Maven plugin that is using the Saxon > > transformer. However, > > > > I would like to know if Maven provides a solution to use a > > > > dependency when it's not in a Maven repository. > > > > This means that I would like to be able to download a zip from > > > > http://somehost.com/somepath/something.zip, unpack it and > > copy some > > > > jar from there in the local Maven repository. I would like to be > > > > able to run this before the plugin goal is runing. > > > > I know I could do this from Java code with some tricks, > > but I would > > > > like to know if there is a "standard" approach for this > > using Maven. > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > -- > > > > Cosmin Marginean > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Cosmin Marginean > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Cosmin Marginean
