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Apache Maven Cookbook

By : Raghuram Bharathan
Book Image

Apache Maven Cookbook

By: Raghuram Bharathan

Overview of this book

If you are a Java developer or a manager who has experience with Apache Maven and want to extend your knowledge, then this is the ideal book for you. Apache Maven Cookbook is for those who want to learn how Apache Maven can be used for build automation. It is also meant for those familiar with Apache Maven, but want to understand the finer nuances of Maven and solve specific problems.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)
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Index

Generating a JAR of the test classes

There could be situations when you would want to use the test classes and resources of a project as a test dependency in another project. This is typically the case in multi-module projects, where a module depends on another module. There could be utility code in the test classes of a module that can be reused in another module.

One way to achieve this would be by creating a separate project to hold these classes. However, that is cumbersome and may be confusing as well.

Maven provides another way to achieve this.

How to do it...

  1. Open a project for which you want to create a test JAR (project-with-test-jar).
  2. Add the following plugin configuration to the pom file:
      <build>
        <plugins>
          <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>2.5</version>
            <executions>
              <execution>
                <goals...