I want to load all JARs from my libs project folder with Maven

Question

I have a Java project using Maven. In my project I have a folder called libs that contains all the JARs that I can't load from internet/external repository.

My issue is how to specify to Maven to include those JARs during packaging, building etc.?

New to Maven, sorry if it is a stupid question.

EDIT : I have an automatic tool that will look up at my pom.xml on my Git to build & deploy my project on different environments. So adding it in local Maven repo, as suggested here will not help since it will work only on my PC. If I add a libs folder with my JARs it will work wherever I am.

Ask me in comments if it's not clear or if I'm mistaken.

Answer 1

Contrary to your EDIT adding to the local Maven repo will help and it can be automated as follows:

• See jtahlborn's answer to Multiple install:install-file in a single pom.xml . (The current version of the maven-install-plugin is 2.5.2 . I'd use that rather than the default.)

• The <configuration> s should look like:

   <configuration> <file>${project.basedir}/path/to/your/libs/lib-X.jar</file> <repositoryLayout>default</repositoryLayout> <!-- match the dependency declaration for this artifact --> <groupId>logan.wlv</groupId> <artifactId>lib-X</artifactId> <version>xyz</version> <packaging>jar</packaging> <!-- -------------------------------------------------- --> </configuration>

• Put the install-plugin declaration into a build profile , eg lib .

• Run mvn initialize -P lib once on every new PC (and once after the contents of libs , and hence the install-plugin declaration, changed) before invoking any phase that resolves dependencies first, eg compile .

or

• Automate this even further with:

   <profile> <id>lib</id> <activation> <file> <missing>${settings.localRepository}/logan/wlv/lib-X/xyz/lib-Xx.yzjar</missing> </file> </activation> ... <profile>

  Such being able to run just mvn initialize without the explicit profile activation the very first time.