maven add a local classes directory to module's classpath

Question

I know this is a bit out of maven\'s scope, but I need to add a local directory with compiled classes to the module\'s classpath. I saw: Maven: add a folder or jar file into

Answer 1

After some extensive research, I found that my best option was to use the maven-antrun-plugin and during the process-resources phase, generate a jar from the classes and add it as dependency with system scope and systemPath to the jar I just built.

Pom snippets:

org.apache.maven.plugins
maven-antrun-plugin
1.6

    
        process-resources
        
            run
        
        
            
                

                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                                
                            
                        
                    
                    
                        
                    
                
            
        
    

....

    
        ant-contrib
        ant-contrib
        1.0b3
    
    
        com.my.code
        classes.jar
        1.1
        system
        ${env.TEMP}\classes.jar