In maven web application，how can I refer to the jar in webapp/web-inf/lib

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In eclise these libs are served as web application library,is there the similar way in netbeans？

[mdeggers]

I don't understand your question.

If you're using Maven to build your application. you don't put jars in the
project. Maven is designed for dependency management. NetBeans will
find the jars and resolve this while you're developing when you're
using Maven.

If a jar is already provided in your target environment - like servlet-api
would be in a web application server - just mark the jar as provided
in pom.xml.

If you need jars excluded due to conflicting dependencies - like a group
of jars that go along with log4j-1.2..15 - then mark them in an exclusions
block.

Once you package the application, the jars will be placed in:

<Project-Name>/target/<target-name>/WEB-INF/lib

The war file will be built and placed in:

<Project-Name>/target/target-name.war

Maven will also place a versioned copy of your war file (and all of the
maven information) in:

~/.m2/repository/<org-name>/<target-name>/<version>

The war file will be named target-name-version.war.

Change the location of .m2 if you're on Windows or a Macintosh.

If Eclipse behaves differently, then Eclipse is broken with respect to
Maven.

. . . . just my two cents.
/mde/

[difficult]

thanks to mdeggers.

In my web project,I have some private jars which I want use them ，but I can't import them in class in netbeans java editor. I want to know how to configure it?

[mdeggers]

This is really more of a Maven question than a NetBeans question.

I'll outline the solutions, but you should read up on the
Maven-centric ones by searching the 'net.

1. Run your own repository server

This is the preferred solution. Install something like the following:

Archiva (archiva.apache.org)
Nexus (nexus.sonatype.org)

Then, depending on the behavior you want, configure your local system
to either use the local repository as the only one, or as an
additional repository.

For straight Maven (ie., outside of NetBeans), you would add your
repository as the only one in ~/.m2/settings.xml. For Archiva, the
instructions for doing so are here:

http://archiva.apache.org/docs/1.3.5/userguide/using-repository.html

Doing this inside of NetBeans is also not difficult. You can add your
own repository, and then the repository browser, code completion,
etc. will all work with that. Instructions for doing that are here:

http://wiki.netbeans.org/MavenBestPractices

Look under Utilizing and Managing Maven repositories for the
information.

Since both Archiva and Nexus act as proxies to any central
repositories you configure, they'll automatically pull down
dependencies that you don't have.

This is really the preferred setup for a corporate development
environment, and not too difficult to set up for a personal
development environment.

OK, that was long, unpleasant, and overly complicated. However, it's
the "right" way to do things.

Now for something quick and dirty.

2. Add the jar and POM to your local repository

This makes for unportable builds, since everyone using your pom.xml
file will have to have the jar installed in their local repository in
exactly the same manner that you have.

From:

http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-install-plugin/examples/specific-local-repo.html

[difficult]

so detailed ! thank you,mdeggers .