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[javamic]

Hi

I intend to use JPPF in a project which is built by maven. Is JPPF available in a maven repository? If yes, where can I find it. If no, are there any plans to make JPPF available in maven and when can I expect it there?

Thanks & regards

[lolo]

Hello,

We currently have no plan to include JPPF in a public Maven repository. However, you should feel free to do that yourself if that's what it takes to move forward on your project.

Sincerely,
-Laurent

[fommil]

Laurent, I'm also an OSS developer and somebody asked me the same thing. I must admit I couldn't be bothered with the hassle at first. However, although it took half a day to make the switch, Maven is far superior to ant and much much cleaner to work with. It's now saving the time that it cost to switch in the first place.

I would strongly recommend that you consider changing build system to Maven. The best thing to do would be to join the IRC channel and ask people to help you make the move.

[fommil]

Until JPPF use Maven for build management ;-) here is all that is needed to reference a local JPPF from a maven project. Unfortunately this quick hack means you have to manually manage the JPPF dependencies in your own project. First download AND EXTRACT the "Full distribution with source code and required libraries" and "API documentation".

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VERSION=2.5.5

# repackage the javadocs
jar cf JPPF-$VERSION-api.jar -C JPPF-$VERSION-api .

mvn install:install-file -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=JPPF-$VERSION-full-src/JPPF/build/jppf-common.jar \
  -Dsources=JPPF-$VERSION-full-src/JPPF/build/jppf-common-src.jar \
-Djavadoc=JPPF-$VERSION-api.jar \
-DgroupId=org.jppf -DartifactId=common -Dversion=$VERSION
mvn install:install-file -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=JPPF-$VERSION-full-src/JPPF/build/jppf-common-node.jar \
  -Dsources=JPPF-$VERSION-full-src/JPPF/build/jppf-common-node-src.jar \
-Djavadoc=JPPF-$VERSION-api.jar \
-DgroupId=org.jppf -DartifactId=common-node -Dversion=$VERSION
mvn install:install-file -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=JPPF-$VERSION-full-src/JPPF/build/jppf-server.jar \
  -Dsources=JPPF-$VERSION-full-src/JPPF/build/jppf-server-src.jar \
-Djavadoc=JPPF-$VERSION-api.jar \
-DgroupId=org.jppf -DartifactId=server -Dversion=$VERSION
mvn install:install-file -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=JPPF-$VERSION-full-src/JPPF/build/jppf-client.jar \
  -Dsources=JPPF-$VERSION-full-src/JPPF/build/jppf-client-src.jar \
-Djavadoc=JPPF-$VERSION-api.jar \
-DgroupId=org.jppf -DartifactId=client -Dversion=$VERSION

and then in your own pom.xml

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<dependency>
<groupId>org.jppf</groupId>
<artifactId>common</artifactId>
<version>2.5.5</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.jppf</groupId>
<artifactId>common-node</artifactId>
<version>2.5.5</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.jppf</groupId>
<artifactId>server</artifactId>
<version>2.5.5</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.jppf</groupId>
<artifactId>client</artifactId>
<version>2.5.5</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<!-- a dependency of JPPF, which is locally managed -->
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-jdk14</artifactId>
<version>1.6.4</version>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- ... I PROBABLY MISSED A FEW MORE DEPENDENCIES -->

Laurent, I recently worked out how to update an ant build script (and create Maven POM files) to make ant projects completely compatible with Maven. If you're interested, I would be happy to share the learning with you. Then perhaps somebody could help to upload JPPF releases to the maven repository central.