[HowTo] | [Maven] How to create a local maven repository stored in a maven project and import a jar file in this local repository.

how to add a jar to local repository.txt

# Example if a jar file called 'maryclient.jar' is stored in 'lib' folder in project root.

# The parameter of '-Durl' need a full path name to local repository
$> mvn deploy:deploy-file -Dfile=".\lib\maryclient.jar" -DgroupId=de.mary.dfki -DartifactId=maryclient -Dversion=1.0 -Dpackaging=jar -Durl="file://C:\Users\domann\workspace\juno\SmartNutritionAssistant\CookingAssistant\repo"

# After the import is finished. The project structure should be like this:

project
  |
  +--src
  |   |
  |   +--main
  |       |
  |       +--java
  |       |
  |       +...
  |
  +--lib
  |   |
  |   +--maryclient.jar
  |
  +--repo
      |
      +--de
          |
          +--mary
              |
              +--dfki
                  |
                  +--maryclient
                      |
                      +--1.0
                          |
                          +--maryclient-1.0.jar
                          |
                          +--maryclient-1.0.pom

for more information see:
http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-deploy-plugin/usage.html

local-repo-pom.xml

</build>
...
</build>

<repositories>
  <repository>
    <id>jars</id>
    <!-- has to be a url linked to file system. A folder 'repo' must exist in the project root (${project.basedir})-->
    <url>file://${project.basedir}/repo</url>
  </repository>
</repositories>