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alien01
alien01

Reputation: 1332

Maven build jar for parent module

I have the following structure in the project:

Project -
        |- Parent // bunch of abstract classes which are used by children
                |- child_A // depend on abstract classes from Parent
                |- child_B // depend on abstract classes from Parent
                |- child_C // depend on abstract classes from Parent

I would like to build jars both for the parent and children as well. So I would end up with parent.jar, child_*.jar. How can I do this in maven?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1721

Answers (1)

MariuszS
MariuszS

Reputation: 31595

In Maven tree node is always a project with type pom (project tree definition). Module with type jar is always a tree leaf (generated product). Tree node are named aggregator projects and requires 'pom' as packaging.

Your project should look like this (3-level as you ask)

+ Project parent (POM)
  + Abstract module (JAR) // bunch of abstract classes which are used by children
  + Implementation Modules (POM)
    + Module A (JAR) // depend on abstract classes from Abstract
    + Module B (JAR) // depend on abstract classes from Abstract
    + Module C (JAR) // depend on abstract classes from Abstract

Abstract Module is configured as dependency in Module A, B and C.

Upvotes: 5

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