Maven Require for JRuby

Why shouldn't interactively loading Java libraries be as easy as using Ruby gems?

If you using JRuby, maven_require lets you install and use Maven-published Java libraries interactively. For non-interactive use, we recommend creating a Jarfile with jar-dependencies, which this gem is based on.

Installation

gem install maven-require

Usage

require 'maven_require'
maven_require 'groupid:artifactid' # installs latest
maven_require 'groupid', 'artifactid' # installs latest
maven_require 'groupid:artifactid:version' # installs specified version
maven_require 'groupid', 'artifactid','version' # installs specified version

# load a set of items, resolved together
maven_require do |deps|
    deps.jar 'groupid:artifactid' # installs latest
    deps.jar 'groupid', 'artifactid' # installs latest
    deps.jar 'groupid:artifactid:version' # installs specified version
    deps.jar 'groupid', 'artifactid','version' # installs specified version
end

If you are requiring multiple dependencies, it is hightly recommended to use the block form as it resolves all transitive dependencies together

NOTE: multiple calls to maven_require will re-resolve the given artifact.

Development

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and the created tag, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/byteit101/maven_require.