Impose build order for a multi-project in Maven

Question

I have a multi project in maven like this:

paren-project
  -> plugin-project
  -> testbed-project

The plugin project gen

Answer 1

Maven is a versatile system. No need to switch.

You can add the dependency like this:

  group 
  artifact 
  true 

This way, the dependency will not be included in the classpath.

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