dependency:copy

Full name:

org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-dependency-plugin:2.1:copy

Description:

Goal that copies a list of artifacts from the repository to defined locations.

Attributes:

  • Requires a Maven 2.0 project to be executed.
  • Since version: 1.0.
  • Binds by default to the lifecycle phase: process-sources.

Required Parameters

Name Type Since Description
artifactItems ArrayList 1.0 Collection of ArtifactItems to work on. (ArtifactItem contains groupId, artifactId, version, type, classifier, location, destFile, markerFile and overwrite.) See "Usage" and "Javadoc" for details.

Optional Parameters

Name Type Since Description
outputAbsoluteArtifactFilename boolean 2.0 Output absolute filename for resolved artifacts
Default value is: false.
outputDirectory File 1.0 Default location used for mojo unless overridden in ArtifactItem
Default value is: ${project.build.directory}/dependency.
overWriteIfNewer boolean 2.0 Overwrite if newer
Default value is: true.
overWriteReleases boolean 1.0 Overwrite release artifacts
Default value is: false.
overWriteSnapshots boolean 1.0 Overwrite snapshot artifacts
Default value is: false.
silent boolean 2.0 If the plugin should be silent.
Default value is: false.
stripVersion boolean 1.0 Strip artifact version during copy
Default value is: false.

Parameter Details

artifactItems:

Collection of ArtifactItems to work on. (ArtifactItem contains groupId, artifactId, version, type, classifier, location, destFile, markerFile and overwrite.) See "Usage" and "Javadoc" for details.
  • Type: java.util.ArrayList
  • Since: 1.0
  • Required: Yes

outputAbsoluteArtifactFilename:

Output absolute filename for resolved artifacts
  • Type: boolean
  • Since: 2.0
  • Required: No
  • Expression: ${outputAbsoluteArtifactFilename}
  • Default: false

outputDirectory:

Default location used for mojo unless overridden in ArtifactItem
  • Type: java.io.File
  • Since: 1.0
  • Required: No
  • Expression: ${outputDirectory}
  • Default: ${project.build.directory}/dependency

overWriteIfNewer:

Overwrite if newer
  • Type: boolean
  • Since: 2.0
  • Required: No
  • Expression: ${mdep.overIfNewer}
  • Default: true

overWriteReleases:

Overwrite release artifacts
  • Type: boolean
  • Since: 1.0
  • Required: No
  • Expression: ${mdep.overWriteReleases}
  • Default: false

overWriteSnapshots:

Overwrite snapshot artifacts
  • Type: boolean
  • Since: 1.0
  • Required: No
  • Expression: ${mdep.overWriteSnapshots}
  • Default: false

silent:

If the plugin should be silent.
  • Type: boolean
  • Since: 2.0
  • Required: No
  • Expression: ${silent}
  • Default: false

stripVersion:

Strip artifact version during copy
  • Type: boolean
  • Since: 1.0
  • Required: No
  • Expression: ${mdep.stripVersion}
  • Default: false