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Posted to users@maven.apache.org by Jon Brisbin <jo...@jbrisbin.com> on 2007/12/31 19:50:45 UTC
Native JNI libs and Maven dependencies
I've been using eXist as the XML:DB backend for our portal
application, but I'm moving to Oracle Berkley DBXML. There is no Maven
POM for DBXML, obviously, but I'd like to include that as a dependency
for my application rather than installing it in the JVM's ext/ and
i386/ directories.
There is some scant documentation around on including JNI libraries
with Maven dependencies, but I couldn't really make heads or tails of
it, as it's not an actual part of the application, just a dependency.
How would I go about creating a Maven dependency for Berkley DBXML
that includes the JAR files and the shared libraries (I know I'll have
to include all the architectures I deploy on, but right now I'm just
concentrating on getting this working on my MacBook Pro). I want it
portable, so I don't want to use a system dependency, but I guess I
will if there's no way around it.
Any pointers to docs somewhere of folks who have already done this?
Thanks!
Jon Brisbin
http://jbrisbin.com
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Re: Native JNI libs and Maven dependencies
Posted by Tonté <et...@yahoo.com>.
Did you ever figure this out. I am using a macbook pro, too and want to test
drive Berkeley DB XML; but I don't want to install the complete software. I
would rather start up Berkeley DB XML in memory right before maven's test
phase.
Any help and advance would be greatful.
Thank you.
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RE: Native JNI libs and Maven dependencies
Posted by Dave Hoffer <DH...@xrite.com>.
There are a couple of maven extensions out there that allow maven to
support native code. The one I am most familiar with is the Freehep NAR
plugin. Its basic idea is to jar up all dependent native code in nar
files. Maven can then treat these much like it does jars and handle all
the transitive dependencies, etc.
http://java.freehep.org/freehep-nar-plugin/intro.html
Now I don't know if this will work for you; its main purpose is to
compile then nar the binaries. However since you aren't compiling you
might just be able to package them into nars. It does unpack the nars,
at the right time, so they can be loaded by your application.
Also, I wouldn't say it is quite complete yet. For example we couldn't
use it because it lacked support for dealing with universal binaries on
OSX, etc.
It might be worth a look for your case.
-Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Brisbin [mailto:jon@jbrisbin.com]
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 1:51 PM
To: users@maven.apache.org
Subject: Native JNI libs and Maven dependencies
I've been using eXist as the XML:DB backend for our portal
application, but I'm moving to Oracle Berkley DBXML. There is no Maven
POM for DBXML, obviously, but I'd like to include that as a dependency
for my application rather than installing it in the JVM's ext/ and
i386/ directories.
There is some scant documentation around on including JNI libraries
with Maven dependencies, but I couldn't really make heads or tails of
it, as it's not an actual part of the application, just a dependency.
How would I go about creating a Maven dependency for Berkley DBXML
that includes the JAR files and the shared libraries (I know I'll have
to include all the architectures I deploy on, but right now I'm just
concentrating on getting this working on my MacBook Pro). I want it
portable, so I don't want to use a system dependency, but I guess I
will if there's no way around it.
Any pointers to docs somewhere of folks who have already done this?
Thanks!
Jon Brisbin
http://jbrisbin.com
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