Snapshot Support

[gtnarg]

Do you plan on supporting the resolution of Snapshots (i.e. get the latest version from the repository if it is newer than what you have locally)?

I noticed that when it is resolving dependencies it ignores "test" scoped dependencies. Shouldn't this also be the case for "provided"?

Thanks

[jjenkov]

Hi Gnartg,

The "provided" dependencies should not be ignored, as ModRun is not building a JAR file, but running a JAR file. ModRun has to look for all dependencies needed at runtime, and "provided" dependencies are also needed at runtime. They are just assumed to be "provided".

Snapshots - we might, in the future. If enough people ask for it. That might be useful during development. But - one step at a time. First we focus on running Java apps in test and production environments. Then we will focus on running Java apps during dev (with stuff like SNAPSHOT versions etc).

[gtnarg]

My usecase was to use this as a classloader for a jar and if a particular dependency is already on my classpath (i.e. provided) then it can be ignored. Perhaps I am not aligned with the purpose of the library.

Could this be configurable?

[jjenkov]

It could probably be configurable in the future. It is not right now. ModRun first checks if a dependency is available in the Maven repository you have pointed ModRun to. If not, it will check transitive dependencies, and finally it will check the root class loader.

I guess a dependency marked as "provided" could be interpreted as being available from the root class loader ... ?