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Reputation: 11

Automatically import nested BOMs version numbers in java project

I have a parent platform BOM like this:

<project>
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

<groupId>com.company</groupId>
<artifactId>platform-bom</artifactId>
<version>7.0.LTS.9</version>
<packaging>pom</packaging>

<dependencyManagement>
    <dependencies>
        <!-- Third Party Dependencies Managed Via third-party BOM -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.company</groupId>
            <artifactId>third-party</artifactId>
            <version>7.0.LTS.9</version>
            <scope>import</scope>
            <type>pom</type>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.company</groupId>
            <artifactId>api</artifactId>
            <version>7.0.LTS.9</version>
        </dependency>
</dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>
</project>

I am importing it like this in my project:

<dependencyManagement>
    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.company</groupId>
            <artifactId>platform-bom</artifactId>
            <version>7.0.LTS.9</version>
            <type>pom</type>
            <scope>import</scope>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>

When I am importing api dependency like below, it automatically pulls the version from the imported BOM.

<dependency>
        <groupId>com.company</groupId>
        <artifactId>api</artifactId>
</dependency>

However when I try to do the same for the third party bom, it is not able to pull the version from the imported BOM.

 <dependency>
        <groupId>com.company</groupId>
        <artifactId>third-party</artifactId>
        <type>pom</pom>
 </dependency>

Error I get is: Unresolved dependency: 'com.company:third-party:pom:unknown'. Is there a way to pull the version from the BOM which is imported? If not, I think it defeats the purpose of having a BOM in the first place.

Upvotes: 1

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