[jira] Commented: (MPJAR-34) Add an option to include test classes in jars

["Michael Mattox (JIRA)" <ji...@codehaus.org>]

    [ http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MPJAR-34?page=comments#action_62837 ] 

Michael Mattox commented on MPJAR-34:
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We just ran across this issue on another project today. I remembered creating this feature request so I pulled it up and was amused to read through the discussions that took place a year and a half a go.  A lot has changed since then, we're using Maven 2.0 but oddly enough, we still have the same problem.

Was a solution ever found?  If there will never be a solution we can close this issue.  I'm wondering what the situation is for Maven 2.  



> Add an option to include test classes in jars
> ---------------------------------------------
>
>          Key: MPJAR-34
>          URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MPJAR-34
>      Project: maven-jar-plugin
>         Type: New Feature

>     Reporter: Michael Mattox
>     Assignee: Jason van Zyl
>     Priority: Minor

>
>
> I have mock objects defined in my src/test tree.  Other projects then use these mock objects for their tests.  With Maven, test classes are not included in the distribution jars.  Searching the mailing list, this seems to be a common need.  The only viable solution I've seen is to move the mock objects to the src/java tree.  I don't like this at all.  I'd like to propose a new property:
> maven.jar.include.test.classes
> it could be false by default.  Setting it to true would include the test classes in the jar.  I consider test code just as important as my application code, so this option makes a lot of sense to me.  I don't see any reason not to include, but at least adding the property would give the user the choice.

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