How to include local jar files in Maven project [duplicate]

Question

I do not want to install a few jars into a Maven repository (both local/remote). In particular I have a few jar files located in

c:\work\projects\myapp\src\main\webapp\WEB-INF\lib\test.jar  c:\work\projects\myapp\src\main\webapp\WEB-INF\lib\test2.jar 

How to include them into my project when open/edit with NetBeans?

Answer 1

Although it works to use the systemPath reference, it is better to create a local repository. And fortunately, it is easy to do.

Creating a local repository holding jars not available in a public repository

NOTE: I use Eclipse, so some of the instructions are specific to Eclipse. Most are easily generalizable.

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Assumptions

• The jar was created by Maven in another project with the following...

  <groupId>com.foo</groupId> <artifactId>test</artifactId> <version>0.1.1</version> <packaging>jar</packaging> 

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In Project (that wants to access the jars)

• Create repo directory just off the project base directory
• For each jar to be accessed locally...
  • add directories for each level of the groupID (ex. /repo/com/foo)
  • add jar name (aka artifactId) without the version (ex. /repo/com/foo/test)
  • add directory for the version of the jar (ex. /repo/com/foo/test/0.1.1)
  • put the jar in that directory (ex. /repo/com/foo/test/0.1.1/test-0.1.1.jar)

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In pom.xml (for the project that wants to access the jars)

• Define the local repository

  <repositories>   <repository>     <id>data-local</id>     <name>data</name>     <url>file://${project.basedir}/repo</url>   </repository> </repositories> 

• Add the dependency on the local jar. From our example above, this would be...

  <dependency>   <groupId>com.foo</groupId>   <artifactId>test</artifactId>   <version>0.1.1</version> </dependency> 

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Rebuild

• Rt click pom.xml -> Run as -> Maven build