[jira] [Created] (MDEP-536) Support nbm packaging

["roger (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

roger created MDEP-536:
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             Summary: Support nbm packaging
                 Key: MDEP-536
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MDEP-536
             Project: Maven Dependency Plugin
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: copy, unpack
    Affects Versions: 2.10
            Reporter: roger
             Fix For: 3.0, 2.10.1


Netbeans modules are packaged as nbm files (and jars). The nbm packaging is very similar to a jar except it contains additional files, libraries, resources... The nbms are included in the maven repositories along side their smaller jar file counterparts, and there are times when a developer may want to unpack, copy,... the nbm file and NOT the jar file (since the nbm contains files that may be of use). 

When I add the xml tag entry <type>nbm</type> to the artifactItem block, I expect it to get the 'nbm' and not the 'jar' item, but this is not the current behavior of the maven-dependency-plugin. 

I have a situation where an nbm dependency contains/packages native libraries needed for JUnit tests to pass. I tried to use the maven-dependency-plugin to unpack the nbm during <phase>generate-test-resources</phase> so that I can put a specific mavenized version on my java.library.path for testing. But, discovered that nbm packaging is ignored by maven-dependency-plugin.

The below example should downloand and extract nbm file not the jar file from a maven repository.
<plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>2.10</version>
      <executions>
         <execution>
          <id>unpack</id>
           <phase>generate-test-resources</phase>
           <goals>
              <goal>unpack</goal>
           </goals>
           <configuration>
              <artifactItems>
                <artifactItem>
                     <groupId>someGroup</groupId>
                     <artifactId>someArtifact</artifactId>
                     <version>someVersion</version>
                     <type>nbm</type>
                  <outputDirectory>target/libs</outputDirectory>
               </artifactItem>
            </artifactItems>
       </configuration>
    </execution>
  </executions>            
</plugin>



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