RE: [Maven-plugins-developer] [javaapp] Is there a way to only bundle what you use from a dependency?

[<Joe...@El...>]

Hi Alex,

Alex Karasulu wrote on Thursday, December 02, 2004 5:59 PM:

> Hiya,
>=20
> I just started using Javaapp pluging and it works well.  Thanks btw!

You're welcome.

> I'm using it to create a single executable jar for Eve the Apache
> Directory project's main server.  I notice there's lot of
> apache peeps
> on the project (hey!).  The only problem is that the final
> bundle is 2.7
> Mb in size.  I was wondering if I can filter out the classes that I
> don't need in the dependencies using some kind of switch or property.

Well, currently you can only filter out the dependency itself. This =
helps if you have test dependencies or the user must provide runtime =
dependencies himself (e.g. client jars for an app server ... you cannot =
know what he uses).

> I'm thinking this might not be in place and if not I don't
> mind adding
> it.  Anyone think about this feature before?  Any ideas regarding how
> this can be done to determine all dependencies even ones that get
> dynamically loaded?=20

So your thinking of a fine-grained exclusion i.e. the unsused classes. =
Well, yes this is something I thought about too, but not necessarily =
only for javaapp, but also for an obfuscator like yguard. But no further =
thought yet.

- J=F6rg