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changes.mady.by.user Jason van Zyl

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Code Block
<project>
  ...
  <properties>
    <fooVersion>1.0</fooVersion>
    <barVersion>2.0</barVersion>
  </properties>

  <dependencyManagement>
    <dependencies>
      <dependency>
        <groupId>org.foo</groupId>
        <artifactId>foo</artifactId>
        <version>${fooVersion}</version>     
      </dependency>
     <dependency>
        <groupId>org.bar</groupId>
        <artifactId>bar</artifactId>
        <version>${barVersion}</version>     
      </dependency>
    </dependencies>
  </dependencyManagement>
  ...
</project>

Option 3

Using the standard dependencyManagement element to specify the versions and generate properties based on the dependency declaration

Possible limitations:

  • might appear as magic that properties are just appearing, but could make a project-info goal to print out available properties
Code Block

<project>
  ...
  <dependencyManagement>
    <dependencies>
      <dependency>
        <groupId>org.foo</groupId>
        <artifactId>foo</artifactId>
        <version>1.0</version>     
      </dependency>
     <dependency>
        <groupId>org.bar</groupId>
        <artifactId>bar</artifactId>
        <version>2.0</version>     
      </dependency>
    </dependencies>
  </dependencyManagement>
  ...
</project>

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