shade jars in plugin

hey,

I am making a huge plugin and I keep it organized so instead of import all the source of a plugin how can I just import the jar and use it in my plugin without the jar installed in the plugin folder?

crolemol

 

crolemol

You could indeed shade it and then set the include tag in Maven. This is strongly discouraged as it will break many plugins and causes licensing issues. Instead use the Bukkit Dependency system.

 

mythbusterma
my problem is that the jar I want to use is not a plugin so I couldn't put it in the plugin folder.
could you give me an example on how to shade it in with maven

 

crolemol

Ah, well if it's not a plugin, and the license allows it, you should be fine. Are you already using Maven, or no? Because if you're not, there's an easier way to do it, I just assumed you were because you said "Shade."

 

mythbusterma
I am using maven but what is the easier way?

 

crolemol

If you're using Maven, you should use the Maven way, are you including it at compile time right now?

 

mythbusterma
I am not including it. I don't know any way to include it. Can you give me an example for maven

 

crolemol

Sure, the code you're including has to be hosted in a maven repository, however. Is it, and if so, where is it?

 

mythbusterma
It is a h2 database driver. Yes theres a repo but i just dit include the hole jar and than export it to somewhere and executed a class from it but it doesnt work perfectly so maybe i needto shape it

The dependency <dependency>
<groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
<artifactId>h2</artifactId>
<version>1.4.181</version>
</dependency>

Cannot find any repo but there is one because i did already found it

 

crolemol Regarding the link that follows, you want an <includes> rather than <excludes>. http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-shade-plugin/examples/includes-excludes.html

 

fireblast709
Thanks very useful but I don't undetstand it. What do I have to put in include?

 

groupId:artifactId

It's also suggested that you relocate it via the configuration of the shade plugin. So that instead of having com.h2database.h2 in your jar, you'd end up with yourpackage.lib.h2database.h2. Look up maven shade plugin tutorials.

 

Garris0n
ok thanks. but will I be able to run these classes (yes it are classes and not .java) or tho initialize them?

 

crolemol

You can use them the same way you use Bukkit, I'm not sure I understand the question.