Re: [aether-users] Resolving test dependencies using aether

[Benjamin Bentmann <bentmann@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Arthur Kalmenson wrote:

> Artifact artifact = new
> DefaultArtifact("groupId","artifactId","tests","jars","version");

I assume "jars" is a typo, it should read "jar".

> (or
> Map<String, String>  props = new HashMap<String, String>();
> props.put("type","test-jar");
> Artifact artifact = new DefaultArtifact("groupId:artifactId:version", props);)

The props provide meta information, they are not relevant for resolution 
which only considers an artifact's identity as given by groupId, 
artifactId, version, classifier and extension.

> ArtifactRequest artifactRequest = new ArtifactRequest();
> artifactRequest.setArtifact(artifact);
> artifactRequest.addRepository(repository);
> ArtifactResult resolvedArtifact = system.resolveArtifact(session,
> artifactRequest);
> Artifact file = resolvedArtifact.getArtifact();
>
> But that doesn't download the test jar. Do you happen to know how we
> would get aether to resolve the test-jar?

If it doesn't download the test jar, what does it then? It's hard to 
help if half of the picture is missing. The code you sketched should 
generally work, there's nothing special to a test-jar, it's a plain JAR 
artifact with a classifier.


Benjamin