[news.eclipse.technology.m2e] Re: Maven dependencies?

[Igor Fedorenko <igor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I would probably look at Tycho target platform management wiki [1] and 
corresponding sample application [2].


[1] 
https://docs.sonatype.org/display/M2ECLIPSE/Tycho+build+target+platform+management
[2] http://svn.sonatype.org/m2eclipse/tycho/trunk/tycho-demo/itp01/

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Regards,
Igor

klm wrote:
> Ok so first step is to make the TychoDemo work and then somehow use 
> Thycho to solve dependencies between the  MANIFEST.MF file and the 
> pom.xml file?
>
>
> "Igor Fedorenko" <igor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
> news:h8bhpp$lu1$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > In short, there is no universally correct mapping between Maven and 
> > OSGi/Eclipse dependencies.
> >
> > Transitive resolution works differently. OSGi import/export package 
> > and classpath visibility rules have no analog in Maven at all. To name 
> > a couple of differences. Besides, dependencies defined both in pom.xml 
> > and manifest.mf will be quite laborious to keep in sync for lager 
> > projects.
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Igor
> >
> > klm wrote:
> > > Ok maybe I am missing the big picture here. In the PDE example an 
> > > application is created that uses the following imports:
> > >
> > > import org.eclipse.core.commands.AbstractHandler;
> > > import org.eclipse.core.commands.ExecutionEvent;
> > > import org.eclipse.core.commands.ExecutionException;
> > > import org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchWindow;
> > > import org.eclipse.ui.handlers.HandlerUtil;
> > > import org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.MessageDialog;
> > >
> > >
> > > To do this the following dependencies are defined in the MANIFEST.MF 
> > > file:
> > >
> > >  org.eclipse.ui (3.5.0)
> > >  org.eclipse.core.runtime (3.5.0)
> > >
> > > So basically as I understand it should just be a matter of defining 
> > > those dependencies in the pom.xml file, end of story.
> > >
> > > Why go to greater lengths than  this?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Igor Fedorenko" <igor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
> > > news:h8ba6t$n4f$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Have a look at Tycho project [1], which provides set of Maven 
> > > > extensions and plugins to build PDE projects with Maven. In 
> > > > particular, look at sample application that shows P2-based target 
> > > > platform resolver.
> > > >
> > > > [1] https://docs.sonatype.org/display/M2ECLIPSE/Tycho+project+overview
> > > > [2] 
> > > > https://docs.sonatype.org/display/M2ECLIPSE/Tycho+build+target+platform+management 
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Igor
> > > >
> > > > klm wrote:
> > > > > I am trying to create a Maven module that contains a Eclipse PDE 
> > > > > project. I therefore need the following imports:
> > > > >
> > > > > import org.eclipse.core.commands.AbstractHandler;
> > > > > import org.eclipse.core.commands.ExecutionEvent;
> > > > > import org.eclipse.core.commands.ExecutionException;
> > > > > import org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchWindow;
> > > > > import org.eclipse.ui.handlers.HandlerUtil;
> > > > > import org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.MessageDialog;
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I have found jface:
> > > > >
> > > > > <dependency>
> > > > >    <groupId>swt</groupId>
> > > > >    <artifactId>jface</artifactId>
> > > > >    <version>3.0m8</version>
> > > > > </dependency>
> > > > >
> > > > > from a site. But how do I get the other dependencies in Maven? I 
> > > > > cannot find them using the build in dependency manager.