[maven4ios] Re: Deploying Non-Maven Based Libraries

  • From: Jon Cobb <jon.cobb@xxxxxxx>
  • To: maven4ios@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 07:46:16 -0500

Thanks Marcus.  Not only is that script a huge help, it made a couple
things about how Maven works click in my head.

Cheers! And thanks again,

--Jon


On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 6:51 AM, Holl, Marcus <marcus.holl@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Jon,
>
> Attached you can find a zip file containing a deploy script (deploy.sh)
> with some additional resources. This script might serve as an example how
> an upload into a remote repository can be performed. This script file is
> just an example rather than a ready-to-use solution. We use a similiar
> script for uploading external resources that are available as binaries
> alongside with the headers and – maybe – additional resources.
>
> The script expects the resources that should be deployed in a certain
> directory structure. This structure is documented inside deploy.sh.
>
> In contrast to the straight-forward java use case we have several side
> artifacts. The layout in general is
>
> ${repoRoot}/your/group/id/<ArtifactId>/<Version>/
>
> <GroupId>-<Version>-<Configuration>-<SDK>.a  <!-- The lib -->
> <GroupId>-<Version>-<Configuration>-<SDK>.headers.tar <!-- The headers -->
> <GroupId>-<Version>.pom
> <GroupId>-<Version>.tar
> <GroupId>-<Version>.bundle <!-- additional resources -->
>
>
> In case you have no nexus available you could fake a remote repository in
> your local file system. This "remote" repo can be added in your
> settings.xml. Afterwards the artifacts gets resolved from your remote repo
> fake into your local repository as usual. The config file used by deploy.sh
> and located beside that script works with such a remote repo fake (see
> property "remoteRepo").
>
> In case of additional questions do not hesitate to ask again.
>
> Best regards,
> Marcus Holl
>
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Jon Cobb <jon.cobb@xxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: "maven4ios@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <maven4ios@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Monday, January 21, 2013 10:05 PM
> To: "maven4ios@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <maven4ios@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [maven4ios] Deploying Non-Maven Based Libraries
>
> So, I'm setting up my builds to use Xcode-Maven and am super excited about
> it.
>
> One thing I want to make sure that I am doing correctly is putting
> non-maven deployed libraries into my repositories correctly.
>
> For example, let's say I'm using Urban Airship for push notifications.
>  Urban Airship's library comes pre-compiled (not a set of class files like
> a lot of other "libraries"), but to my knowledge has no associated pom file
> (or maybe they are also using xcode-maven and I'm not looking hard
> enough...let's assume they are NOT maven based).  Assuming that their
> library is a static library and a set of header files, what is the best way
> to insert such a structure into my local repository so it can be referenced
> as a dependency in my xcode-maven builds?  I know with standard maven/java
> in order to deploy .jar files, it's a simple one line cmd line job.  But
> the jar is completely self contained, obj-c libraries usually have headers
> and possibly bundles to go along with them.
>
> Is it possible to do this with xcode-maven?  Would I need to create my own
> pom and bundle the files up into a zip to deploy into my local repository?
>  Is it best to base the structure of the zip off of what I see in my local
> repository already or is there documentation on the format?
>
> Thanks for any insight you can provide,
>
> --Jon
>
>
>

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