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Lukasz Kujawa
Lukasz Kujawa

Reputation: 3096

What is the best way to share Java code across applications

I have 2 different Java projects: web based and stand alone application. Both project share some packages like: models and DAO.

I don't want to keep both projects in the same GIT repository but in the same time I would like to have one place for storing the common code. I would also like to be able to edit the common code while working on any of the two applications.

What is the best way to solve this issue? I was thinking about 3 repos: - web project - stand alone - common

and link common into web and stand alone but I worry about some potential problems of this approach.

A cleaner solution which comes to my mind is to have the common code deployed as JAR to Web/Standalone projects but then every time I will want to update Model/DAO i will have to redeploy the package (which doesn't feel ideal).

Is there a better way?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 282

Answers (1)

AlexR
AlexR

Reputation: 115328

My suggestion is the following. Create 3 repositories:

  1. common
  2. stand alone application
  3. web application.

Each repository will contain a single root project with optional sub-modules. The build will produce the single or multiple jars according to your needs.

Now, create yet another repository. Let's call it "all". Define previously mentioned repositories as a submodules of this one. Git supports this. You will be able to commit and push things either to specific repositories or to all repositories altogether.

Upvotes: 1

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