Maven Assembly Plugin - install the created assembly
- by Walter White
I have a project that simply consists of files. I want to package those files into a zip and store them in a maven repository. I have the assembly plugin configured to build the zip file and that part works just fine, but I cannot seem to figure out how to install the zip file?
Also, if I want to use this assembly in another artifact, how would I do that? I am intending on calling dependency:unpack, but I don't have an artifact in the repository to unpack.
How can I get a zip file to be in my repository so that I may re-use it in another artifact?
parent pom
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<!--<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>-->
<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.2-beta-5</version>
<configuration>
<filters>
<filter></filter>
</filters>
<descriptors>
<descriptor>../packaging.xml</descriptor>
</descriptors>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
Child POM
<parent>
<groupId>com. ... .virtualHost</groupId>
<artifactId>pom</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1</version>
<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
</parent>
<name>Virtual Host - ***</name>
<groupId>com. ... .virtualHost</groupId>
<artifactId>***</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1</version>
<packaging>pom</packaging>
I filtered the name out. Is this POM correct? I just want to bundle files for a particular virtual host together.
Thanks,
Walter
