Answer by adamf

adamf — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 11:45:18 -0400

Another way to use maven-dependency-plugin suggestested by Emmanuel is this:

<plugin>
    <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
    <executions>
        <execution>
            <id>Copy-dependency-PROD</id>
            <phase>validate</phase>
            <goals>
                <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
            </goals>
            <configuration combine.self="override">
            <outputDirectory>${basedir}/lib</outputDirectory>
            <stripVersion>true</stripVersion>
            <includeScope>compile</includeScope>
            <excludeGroupIds>org.powermock, org.hamcrest,org.mockito, junit, org.objenesis, org.sonarsource.java</excludeGroupIds>
            <excludeArtifactIds>jsf-api, javase, commons-codec</excludeArtifactIds>
            <excludeTypes>iar</excludeTypes>
            <excludeTransitive>true</excludeTransitive>
            </configuration>
        </execution>
    </executions>
</plugin>

This will include any jar dependency to the lib directory and is packged when running maven. In Desinger it still needs to be linked manually once by right clicking on the project, "Build Path.." -> Configure Build Path -> Add External JARs.

Answer by Reguel Wermelinger

Reguel Wermelinger — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 09:04:14 -0400

The thing is, that only IAR maven-dependencies are included in the projects classpath on the engine. There is currently no built in support to include normal JAR dependencies in a project and auto-download them when a project is deployed to an engine.

A simple work-around is to add the maven-dependency-copy plugin to your POM.xml. It will copy JAR dependencies to a directory in your project and you can add it to the classapth:

<build>
<plugins>
...
    <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>2.10</version>
        <executions>
            <execution>
                <id>copy.maven.dependencies</id>
                <goals><goal>copy</goal></goals>
                <phase>generate-resources</phase>
                <configuration>
                    <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
                    <artifactItems>
                        <artifactItem>
                            <groupId>com.opencsv</groupId>
                            <artifactId>opencsv</artifactId>
                            <version>3.8</version>
                        </artifactItem>
                    </artifactItems>
                </configuration>
            </execution>
        </executions>
    </plugin>
</plugins>
</build>

With this configuration you can run mvn clean generate-resources, refresh your project in the workspace afterwards and add the JARs in the lib directory to your classpath via: Java Perspective -> Right click on Jar -> build path -> add to build path

Answers to: Add library with pom.xml

Answer by adamf

Answer by Reguel Wermelinger