How to get access to a file from one child module into another child module in maven?

Question

This is my maven project Structure:

Parent Module
|
|---Child Module A
       |
       |--target/xyz.jar (generated during mvn clean install)
|---Child Module B
       |
       |--target/abc.jar (generated during mvn clean install)
       |--rpm-maven-plugin (in pom.xml file)

Reactor Build Order: 1. Parent 2. Child A 3. Child B

I want to access xyz.jar in mappings sources so that the rpm contains/bundles both abc.jar and xyz.jar inside a single rpm. I tried doing

./Child A/target/xyz.jar

and

Child A/target/xyz.jar

but it says source location does not exists. I am not sure how maven can traverse from one child module to another child module.

Thanks.

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 17 '17 at 08:24

You do not access other artifacts through relative paths, but you use the Maven coordinates. After clean install, the respective artifact is in your local repository, so you can get it through its GAV. If you need to copy it, look at the dependency:copy goal.

How to get access to a file from one child module into another child module in maven?

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