Upload additional side artifact to existing artifact

Question

Say I have a jar artifact in my repository, which means I have a pom, a jar, and two side artifacts with "sources" and "javadoc" classifier.

Assume now I want to add an additional side artifact with "xy" classifier. It would be straight forward in the build itself (so that the deploy goal uploads all of them), but is it possible to just add a side artifact to an existing artifact?

I am using Nexus 2 at the moment, but the question is more general because the resulting construction should also work in Nexus 3 or Artifactory.

Answer 1

Yes, it is possible in Nexus, because you would be uploading a new file. Or speaking in Nexus 3 language you would be uploading a new asset to an existing component.

I'm not sure, but I assume it would be the same case with Artifactory.