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Apache Maven Cookbook

By : Raghuram Bharathan
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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

Choosing the scope of dependency


We may use a dependency for many reasons. Some of them may be required to compile and run the projects. There might be others only to run tests (for instance, junit). Then there may be dependencies that are required at runtime, say logback.

How to do it...

Use the following steps to choose the scope of the dependency:

  1. Open the Maven project we had created earlier.

  2. Observe the following section:

    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
          <groupId>junit</groupId>
          <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
          <version>3.8.1</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
  3. Remove the preceding lines of code and run the following command:

    mvn compile
    
  4. Observe that it runs without any issues.

  5. Now, run the following command:

    mvn test
    
  6. Note the following error:

    [INFO] Compiling 1 source file to C:\projects\apache-maven-cookbook\project-with
    -dependencies\target\test-classes
    [INFO] -------------------------------...