Maven - Depend on assembled zip

Question

I\'m trying to have a Project B pull down (and unpack) a ZIP built by Project A and deployed to a remote repository.

The ZIP is cre

Answer 1

Welcome to Stack Overflow :).

You are on the right way. Your real problem is using a zip.

The following configuration is ok and work great for me. It's an old one (2 years ago), and I'm not sure that match the best practices. But I Know that's working.

This allow me to share some resources between projects, especially for unit tests.

Zip Project :

pom.xml

com.mycompany
cfg_dev
1.1.0


    
        
            org.apache.maven.plugins
            maven-assembly-plugin
            
                
                    cfg-main-resources
                    
                        single
                    
                    package
                    
                        
                            /src/main/assembly/resources.xml
                        
                    
                
            
        
    

Assembly descriptor : It will produce this artifact : cfg_dev-1.1.0-resources.zip Please, note that

1. this is a zip archive

2. the "classifier" is resources (like assembly name)

   resources zip false src/main/resources

Main Project :

pom.xml

Please, note that

1. this depends on a zip archive

2. the dependency "classifier" is resources (like previous assembly name)

   
   
       com.mycompany
       cfg_dev
       ${project.version}
       resources
       zip
       test
   
   
     ....
   
   
     
       
       
           src/test/resources
           true
       
       
       
           ${project.build.directory}/test-resources
           true
       
   
   
   
   
       
           org.apache.maven.plugins
           maven-dependency-plugin
           
               
                   unpack-cfg-test-resources
                   
                       unpack-dependencies
                   
                   generate-test-resources
                   
                       ${project.build.directory}/test-resources
                       cfg_dev
                       ${project.groupId}
                       true
                       pom
                       test
                   
               
           
       
     
   

I hope this is clear and that will help you :)