I have 2 EJBs A and B (in different jar files), EJB A calls one method of EJB B.
From the following Maven's documents, I use generateClient to create a ejb-client and use ejb-client dependency to get the jar.
http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-ejb-plugin/examples/generating-ejb-client.html
http://people.apache.org/~aramirez/maven-ejb-plugin/examples/ejb-client-dependency.html
It's ok to use Maven to build, deploy and run. The problem is, although project A only needs the interface class of EJB B, but Maven includes all EJB B's dependency libraries into EJB A's dependency. The result is EJB A will have lots of non-necessary jar files. Is there any solution to fix it?
I found another solution, Maven's dependency has exclude function and I use it to remove some jar files.
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.example</groupId>
<artifactId>ejb-project</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<type>ejb-client</type>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>sample.ProjectD</groupId>
<artifactId>Project-D</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
The only way is to move interface of EJB B to a separate jar. Then use it as dependency in EJBs A and B project/modules.
Related
I'm getting the following error. It seems there are multiple logging frameworks bound to slf4j. Not sure how to resolve this. Any help is greatly appreciated.
SLF4J: Class path contains multiple SLF4J bindings.
SLF4J: Found binding in [jar:file:/C:/Users/admin/.m2/repository/org/slf4j/slf4j-log4j12/1.6.4/slf4j-log4j12-1.6.4.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class]
SLF4J: Found binding in [jar:file:/C:/Users/admin/.m2/repository/org/slf4j/slf4j-log4j12/1.6.1/slf4j-log4j12-1.6.1.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class]
SLF4J: See http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#multiple_bindings for an explanation.
Resolved by adding the following exclusion in the dependencies (of pom.xml) that caused conflict.
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
Gradle version;
configurations.all {
exclude module: 'slf4j-log4j12'
}
The error probably gives more information like this (although your jar names could be different)
SLF4J: Found binding in
[jar:file:/D:/Java/repository/ch/qos/logback/logback-classic/1.2.3/logback-classic-1.2.3.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class]
SLF4J: Found binding in
[jar:file:/D:/Java/repository/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j-slf4j-impl/2.8.2/log4j-slf4j-impl-2.8.2.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class]
Noticed that the conflict comes from two jars, named logback-classic-1.2.3 and log4j-slf4j-impl-2.8.2.jar.
Run mvn dependency:tree in this project pom.xml parent folder, giving:
Now choose the one you want to ignore (could consume a delicate endeavor I need more help on this)
I decided not to use the one imported from spring-boot-starter-data-jpa (the top dependency) through spring-boot-starter and through spring-boot-starter-logging, pom becomes:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-logging</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
</dependency>
in above pom spring-boot-starter-data-jpa would use the spring-boot-starter configured in the same file, which excludes logging (it contains logback)
Sbt version:
Append exclude("org.slf4j", "slf4j-log4j12") to the dependency that transitively includes slf4j-log4j12. For example, when using Spark with Log4j 2.6:
libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
// One SLF4J implementation (log4j-slf4j-impl) is here:
"org.apache.logging.log4j" % "log4j-api" % "2.6.1",
"org.apache.logging.log4j" % "log4j-core" % "2.6.1",
"org.apache.logging.log4j" % "log4j-slf4j-impl" % "2.6.1",
// The other implementation (slf4j-log4j12) would be transitively
// included by Spark. Prevent that with exclude().
"org.apache.spark" %% "spark-core" % "1.5.1" exclude("org.slf4j", "slf4j-log4j12")
)
1.Finding the conflicting jar
If it's not possible to identify the dependency from the warning, then you can use the following command to identify the conflicting jar
mvn dependency: tree
This will display the dependency tree for the project and dependencies who have pulled in another binding with the slf4j-log4j12 JAR.
Resolution
Now that we know the offending dependency, all that we need to do is exclude the slf4j-log4j12 JAR from that dependency.
Ex - if spring-security dependency has also pulled in another binding with the slf4j-log4j12 JAR, Then we need to exclude the slf4j-log4j12 JAR from the spring-security dependency.
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-logging</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
Note - In some cases multiple dependencies have pulled in binding with the slf4j-log4j12 JAR and you don't need to add exclude for each and every dependency that has pulled in.
You just have to do that add exclude dependency with the dependency which has been placed at first.
Ex -
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-logging</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
If you work with gradle then add following code to your build.gradle file to exclude SLF4J binding from all the modules
configurations.all {
exclude group: 'org.springframework.boot', module: 'spring-boot-starter-logging'
}
I just ignored/removed that jar file.
<!--<dependency>-->
<!--<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>-->
<!--<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-log4j2</artifactId>-->
<!--</dependency>-->
I solved by delete this:spring-boot-starter-log4j2
Just use only required dependency, not all :))). For me, for normal work of logging process you need this dependency exclude others from pom.xml
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
<version>1.7.5</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
<version>1.1.8</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
<artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
<version>1.1.8</version>
</dependency>
This is issue because of StaticLoggerBinder.class class belongs to two different jars. this class references from logback-classic-1.2.3.jar and same class also referenced from log4j-slf4j-impl-2.10.0.jar. both of jar in classpath. Hence there is conflict between them.
This is reason of log file is not generation even though log4j2.xml file in classpath [src/main/resource].
We have so select one of jar, I recommend use log4j-slf4j-impl-2.10.0.jar file and exclude logback-classic-1.2.3.jar file.
Solution: open pom file and view the dependency Hierarchy [eclipse] or run
mvn dependency:tree command to find out the dependency tree and source of dependency that download the dependency. find the conflicting dependency and exclude them. For Springboot application try this.
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-logging</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-logging</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
This is working fine for me after struggling a lots.
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com.sun
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For me, it turned out to be an Eclipse/Maven issue after switch from log4j to logback. Take a look into your .classpath file and search for the string "log4j".
In my case I had the following there:
<classpathentry kind="var" path="M2_REPO/org/slf4j/slf4j-log4j12/1.7.1/slf4j-log4j12-1.7.1.jar"/>
<classpathentry kind="var" path="M2_REPO/log4j/log4j/1.2.17/log4j-1.2.17.jar" />
Removing those entries from the file (or you could regenerate it) fixed the issue.
For me the answer was to force a Maven rebuild. In Eclipse:
Right click on project-> Maven -> Disable Maven nature
Right click on project-> Spring Tools > Update Maven Dependencies
Right click on project-> Configure > Convert Maven Project
I solved this by going to Project Structure from my Intellij project.
I deleted the file named: Maven: org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-to-slf4j-impl:2.14.1
This file is not shown in this picture. You may see two libraries mentioned as log4j-to-slf4j. Delete one and you are good to go.
For all those looking for the solution for spring-boot-type dependencies, the magic incantation for Gradle is this:
configurations.all {
exclude group: 'ch.qos.logback', module: 'logback-classic'
}
in your build.gradle at the top level (not inside the dependencies block).
All other solutions found in the interwebs (including the one here suggesting to exclude the slf4j module) did not work for me.
This is what I have in my build.gradle (snippet):
// Removes the annoying warning about the multiple SLF4J implementations:
// SLF4J: Class path contains multiple SLF4J bindings.
configurations.all {
exclude group: 'ch.qos.logback', module: 'logback-classic'
}
dependencies {
annotationProcessor "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-configuration-processor"
implementation ('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator')
implementation ('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-mongodb-reactive')
implementation ('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-webflux')
annotationProcessor "org.projectlombok:lombok:${lombokVersion}"
compileOnly "org.projectlombok:lombok:${lombokVersion}"
// Removes the annoying warning:
// warning: unknown enum constant When.MAYBE
// reason: class file for javax.annotation.meta.When not found
// See: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29805622/could-not-find-or-load-main-class-org-gradle-wrapper-gradlewrappermain/31622432
implementation group: 'com.google.code.findbugs', name: 'jsr305', version: '3.0.2'
// other stuff...
YMMV
I had the same problem. In my pom.xml i had both
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
<version>1.7.28</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
<version>2.2.1.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
When i deleted the spring-boot-starter-web dependency, problem was solved.
I got this issue in a non-maven project, two depended jar each contained a slf4j. I solved
by remove one depended jar, compile the project(which of course getting failure) then add the removed one back.
In case these logs are the result of this fix:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/9919375/2894819
When one of your libraries actually use it. And your application doesn't need SL4J just replace implementation to runtimeOnly.
// contains dependency to sl4j-api
implementation("com.github.doyaaaaaken:kotlin-csv-jvm:1.2.0")
// add this to remove both warnings
runtimeOnly("org.slf4j:slf4j-nop:1.7.36")
In that case when you run your app the actual dependency will be included once by the library and won't be included to the bundle of your application.jar itself.
In my case I had 2 sources of dependencies for log4 one in C:\Program Files\smcf.ear directory and the second from maven which caused the multiple binding for sl4j.
Deleting the smcf.ear directory solved the issue for me.
The combination of <scope>provided</scope> and <exclusions> didn't work for me.
I had to use this:
<dependency>
<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
<scope>system</scope>
<systemPath>${project.basedir}/empty.jar</systemPath>
</dependency>
Where empty.jar is a jar file with literally nothing in it.
Seems removing .m2 directory and :
mvn install -DskipTests -T 4 resolved this issue for me.
Here's my generic problem:
My project P depends on A which depends on B which depends on C which depends on version 1.0.1 of D.
There's a problem with version 1.0.1 of D and I want to force the use of another module. I don't know how to declare this in my project's POMs since I haven't added a dependency on D directly. It's C which declared the dependency on D.
Important: In this case, not only the version is changed, but the group & artifact as well. So it's not just a matter of overriding the version of the dependency, but rather, of excluding a module and including another one.
In the concrete case, D is StAX whose 1.0.1 has a bug. According to the notes in the bug, "the problems were solved by replacing the stax-api-1.0.1 (maven GroupId = stax) by stax-api-1.0-2 (maven GroupId = javax.xml.stream)" so I'm trying just that.
Thus, D = stax:stax-api:jar:1.0.1 and C = org.apache.xmlbeans:xmlbeans:jar:2.3.0
I'm using maven 2.0.9 in case it matters.
Output of mvn dependency:tree"
mvn dependency:tree
[..snip..]
[INFO] +- org.apache.poi:poi-ooxml:jar:3.6:compile
[INFO] | +- org.apache.poi:poi-ooxml-schemas:jar:3.6:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.apache.xmlbeans:xmlbeans:jar:2.3.0:compile
[INFO] | | | \- stax:stax-api:jar:1.0.1:compile
In my project's POM I have the following dependency on "A":
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
<artifactId>poi</artifactId>
<version>3.6</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
<artifactId>poi-ooxml</artifactId>
<version>3.6</version>
</dependency>
Simply specify the version in your current pom. The version specified here will override other.
Forcing a version
A version will always be honoured if it is declared in the current POM with a particular version - however, it should be noted that this will also affect other poms downstream if it is itself depended on using transitive dependencies.
Resources :
Dependency Mediation and Conflict Resolution
Introduction to the Dependency Mechanism
Alternatively, you can just exclude the dependency that you don't want. STAX is included in JDK 1.6, so if you're using 1.6 you can just exclude it entirely.
My example below is slightly wrong for you - you only need one of the two exclusions but I'm not quite sure which one. There are other versions of Stax floating about, in my example below I was importing A which imported B which imported C & D which each (through yet more transitive dependencies) imported different versions of Stax. So in my dependency on 'A', I excluded both versions of Stax.
<dependency>
<groupId>a.group</groupId>
<artifactId>a.artifact</artifactId>
<version>a.version</version>
<exclusions>
<!-- STAX comes with Java 1.6 -->
<exclusion>
<groupId>javax.xml.stream</groupId>
<artifactId>stax-api</artifactId>
</exclusion>
<exclusion>
<groupId>stax</groupId>
<artifactId>stax-api</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
<dependency>
What you put inside the </dependencies> tag of the root pom will be included by all child modules of the root pom. If all your modules use that dependency, this is the way to go.
However, if only 3 out of 10 of your child modules use some dependency, you do not want this dependency to be included in all your child modules. In that case, you can just put the dependency inside the </dependencyManagement>. This will make sure that any child module that needs the dependency must declare it in their own pom file, but they will use the same version of that dependency as specified in your </dependencyManagement> tag.
You can also use the </dependencyManagement> to modify the version used in transitive dependencies, because the version declared in the upper most pom file is the one that will be used. This can be useful if your project A includes an external project B v1.0 that includes another external project C v1.0. Sometimes it happens that a security breach is found in project C v1.0 which is corrected in v1.1, but the developers of B are slow to update their project to use v1.1 of C. In that case, you can simply declare a dependency on C v1.1 in your project's root pom inside `, and everything will be good (assuming that B v1.0 will still be able to compile with C v1.1).
I also had trouble overruling a dependency in a third party library. I used scot's approach with the exclusion but I also added the dependency with the newer version in the pom. (I used Maven 3.3.3)
So for the stAX example it would look like this:
<dependency>
<groupId>a.group</groupId>
<artifactId>a.artifact</artifactId>
<version>a.version</version>
<exclusions>
<!-- STAX comes with Java 1.6 -->
<exclusion>
<artifactId>stax-api</artifactId>
<groupId>javax.xml.stream</groupId>
</exclusion>
<exclusion>
<artifactId>stax-api</artifactId>
<groupId>stax</groupId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
<dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.xml.stream</groupId>
<artifactId>stax-api</artifactId>
<version>1.0-2</version>
</dependency>
The accepted answer is correct but I'd like to add my two cents. I've run into a problem where I had a project A that had a project B as a dependency. Both projects use slf4j but project B uses log4j while project A uses logback.
Project B uses slf4j 1.6.1, while project A uses slf4j 1.7.5 (due to the already included logback 1.2.3 dependency).
The problem: Project A couldn't find a function that exists on slf4j 1.7.5, after checking eclipe's dependency hierarchy tab I found out that during build it was using slf4j 1.6.1 from project B, instead of using logback's slf4j 1.7.5.
I solved the issue by changing the order of the dependencies on project A pom, when I moved project B entry below the logback entry then maven started to build the project using slf4j 1.7.5.
Edit:
Adding the slf4j 1.7.5 dependency before Project B dependency worked too.
We have a mother-ship project with several modules:
foo
+ foo-core
+ foo-resource
+ foo-util
+ foo-whatever
I want to allow developers to include the core, resource, and util modules as dependencies (excluding the -whatever module). I know that I can specify that they include each dependency, but it would be nice to allow for them to just specify something like
<artifactId>foo-sdk</artifactId>
And get everything that they need to develop a foo. This has the added advantage that it gives us the power to add (or remove) what goes into the sdk.
It would be best if foo-sdk was not just a jar with the other jars jammed in it. I'd rather it be a pom that simply points to the other artifacts.
I feel like I've seen this done before but can't find instructions to do it. I checked out Maven Assembly Plugin but it doesn't look like this is its intended use.
You can group dependencies in a project with a packaging of type pom. From the Maven book:
3.6.1. Grouping Dependencies
If you have a set of dependencies
which are logically grouped together.
You can create a project with pom
packaging that groups dependencies
together. For example, let's assume
that your application uses Hibernate,
a popular Object-Relational mapping
framework. Every project which uses
Hibernate might also have a dependency
on the Spring Framework and a MySQL
JDBC driver. Instead of having to
include these dependencies in every
project that uses Hibernate, Spring,
and MySQL you could create a special
POM that does nothing more than
declare a set of common dependencies.
You could create a project called
persistence-deps (short for
Persistence Dependencies), and have
every project that needs to do
persistence depend on this convenience
project:
Example 3.11. Consolidating Dependencies in a Single POM Project
<project>
<groupId>org.sonatype.mavenbook</groupId>
<artifactId>persistence-deps</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>
<packaging>pom</packaging>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate</artifactId>
<version>${hibernateVersion}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-annotations</artifactId>
<version>${hibernateAnnotationsVersion}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-hibernate3</artifactId>
<version>${springVersion}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>mysql</groupId>
<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
<version>${mysqlVersion}</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<properties>
<mysqlVersion>(5.1,)</mysqlVersion>
<springVersion>(2.0.6,)</springVersion>
<hibernateVersion>3.2.5.ga</hibernateVersion>
<hibernateAnnotationsVersion>3.3.0.ga</hibernateAnnotationsVersion>
</properties>
</project>
If you create this project in a
directory named persistence-deps, all
you need to do is create this
pom.xml and run mvn install. Since
the packaging type is pom, this POM
is installed in your local repository.
You can now add this project as a
dependency and all of its dependencies
will be added as transitive
dependencies to your project. When you
declare a dependency on this
persistence-deps project, don't
forget to specify the dependency type
as pom.
Example 3.12. Declaring a Dependency on a POM
<project>
<description>This is a project requiring JDBC</description>
...
<dependencies>
...
<dependency>
<groupId>org.sonatype.mavenbook</groupId>
<artifactId>persistence-deps</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>
<type>pom</type>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</project>
If you later decide to switch to a
different JDBC driver (for example,
JTDS), just replace the dependencies
in the persistence-deps project to use
net.sourceforge.jtds:jtds instead of
mysql:mysql-java-connector and update
the version number. All projects
depending on persistence-deps will use
JTDS if they decide to update to the
newer version. Consolidating related
dependencies is a good way to cut down
on the length of pom.xml files that
start having to depend on a large
number of dependencies. If you need to
share a large number of dependencies
between projects, you could also just
establish parent-child relationships
between projects and refactor all
common dependencies to the parent
project, but the disadvantage of the
parent-child approach is that a
project can have only one parent.
Sometimes it makes more sense to group
similar dependencies together and
reference a pom dependency. This way,
your project can reference as many of
these consolidated dependency POMs as
it needs. Note
Maven uses the depth of a dependency
in the tree when resolving conflicts
using a nearest-wins approach. Using
the dependency grouping technique
above pushes those dependencies one
level down in the tree. Keep this in
mind when choosing between grouping in
a pom or using dependencyManagement
in a parent POM
Wouldn't this just be another sub-module foo-sdk with packaging pom and dependencies on foo-{core,resource,util}?
I have a EAR with a number of EJB dependencies. 2 of these have a provided scope dependency to the glassfish-embedded-all jar. However when I do a mvn install on my local machine or when the application is build through maven on hudson the ear always contains the glassfish-embedded-all jar.
e.g. DataAccess-ejb with provided dependency
<dependency>
<groupId>org.glassfish.extras</groupId>
<artifactId>glassfish-embedded-all</artifactId>
<version>3.0</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
Application-ear with ejb dependency
<dependency>
<groupId>com.xxx.yyy</groupId>
<artifactId>DataAccess-ejb</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<type>ejb</type>
</dependency>
Any ideas what I am doing wrong or possible suggestions?
Cheers,
James
Try using mvn dependency:tree in order to analyze what artifact is including the glassfish-embedded-all.jar, chances are that you're overlooking something. Maven won't include an artifact that is not declared as as direct dependency and/or inherited through transitive dependency.
You can also issue and mvn dependency:analyze-only command to further clean up those dependencies that you don't really need.
Dependencies with a provided scope are not transitive so you're not getting it transitively, there must be something else. Run mvn dependency:tree from the ear module.
But actually, I really wonder why you're using a provided scope, I think a test scope might be more appropriate. And by the way, I suggest using GF 3.0.1:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.glassfish.extras</groupId>
<artifactId>glassfish-embedded-all</artifactId>
<version>3.0.1</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
We have a solution with numerous wars. Wars are similar in the sense they all use hibernate and spring. This means that we have a number of same jars inside each war. This is becoming a problem, because the size of the ear is starting to grow out of proportion.
I would like to use Maven to calculate dependencies and to place all jars common to multiple wars to the root of the EAR.
I tried organizing my project using j2ee archetype (maven-archetype-j2ee-simple), but all wars are still packaged with dependencies inside the WEB-INF/lib.
Is there a way to make Maven calculate common dependencies and place them to EAR, just as he is able to calculate all transitional dependencies when constructing a war or a jar?
As you've mentioned in a comment, it's maven's task to calculate every dependency. When you're creating an artifact, with every common dependency, then you'll also have to guess, which dependencies belong there.
It could also be possible, that you have to deploy one war, with it's dependencies on another machine without an ear, an when you set every war dependency to provided, then you're stuck again.
The only right way, to get skinny wars is from the examples:
http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-war-plugin/examples/skinny-wars.html
But, and now comes the interesting part, there is one big! shortcut (which completly takes away the mentioned pain), to tell maven, which dependencies your WARs have.
Go inside your EAR-Module an declare a second dependency on the WAR with type pom for every WAR dependency.
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<parent>
<groupId>com.foo</groupId>
<artifactId>skinny</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
</parent>
<artifactId>ear</artifactId>
<packaging>ear</packaging>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.foo</groupId>
<artifactId>war</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<type>war</type>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.foo</groupId>
<artifactId>war</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<type>pom</type>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-ear-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.8</version>
<configuration>
<skinnyWars>true</skinnyWars>
<defaultLibBundleDir>lib</defaultLibBundleDir>
<modules>
<webModule>
<groupId>com.foo</groupId>
<artifactId>war</artifactId>
</webModule>
</modules>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
Now, every WAR will be packaged independently with it's own dependencies and the EAR will be packaged with skinny WARs and every dependency inside the lib folder
Update:
Keep in mind, that the ear/lib folder can't be used for every dependency jar in a strict Container like JBoss EAP 6. JSF Component libraries like tomahawk, primefaces, etc. have to reside in WEB-INF/lib folder.
A handy way to achieve this with the above described solution is to make an exclusion for the component library in the EARs pom.xml like this:
...
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.foo</groupId>
<artifactId>war</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<type>war</type>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.foo</groupId>
<artifactId>war</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<type>pom</type>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.primefaces</groupId>
<artifactId>primefaces</artifactId>
<exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
...
Now every dependency of the WAR will be placed in ear/lib except the component library which will be placed in WEB-INF/lib inside the WAR
Create a new artifact named commons-jars and package it as pom. It should depend on all the common jars you are using - Spring, Hibernate, Log4j, etc.
Then, in each on your wars add it as dependency with scope "provided" (and don't forget to set the type as pom). You will be able to see it in your classpath but they won't be packaged into the war. This way you can also have war specific dependencies packaged into it, which the solution from skinny wars does not provide.
You can set the dependancies scope to "provided". This means they will be provided by some other module and will not be included in the final jar or war.
Perhaps the assembly plugin can help you when packaging up the final EAR and place common jars there.
http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-war-plugin/examples/skinny-wars.html