[jira] [Created] (MNG-7005) Support Gradle style GAV form for dependencies

["Chris Caspanello (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Chris Caspanello created MNG-7005:
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             Summary: Support Gradle style GAV form for dependencies
                 Key: MNG-7005
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-7005
             Project: Maven
          Issue Type: Bug
            Reporter: Chris Caspanello


 

I'm currently migrating a project from Gradle to Maven.  One thing that makes pom files so large is the typical 5 lines for a dependnecy.  It would be nice to be able to define the dependency similar to Gradle

Instead of :
{code:java}
<dependencies>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>myGroup</groupId>
    <artifactId>myArtifact</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>anotherGroup</groupId>
    <artifactId>anotherArtifact</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
  </dependency>
</dependencies>{code}
 

 

It would be less verbose to use a <gav> block like this:

 
{code:java}
<dependencies>
 <gav>myGruop:myArtifact:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</gav>
 <gav>anotherGroup:anotherArtifact:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</gav>
</dependencies>
{code}
 

I think an improvement like this would make Maven less verbose; one of the things that is attractive about Gradle.



I may be over simplifying this; but under the covers we'd just split the gav block on the semi colon and popoulate the existing dependency model.

 



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