how to put dependency in maven not in WEB-INF/lib - maven-2

Question

Is there a way to put dependency of a war not in WEB-INF/lib but in out custom folder?
I'm using Maven 2
Hi, what i need is that from list of dependencies of a war only one artifact should be placed not in WEB-INF/lib but in WEB-INF/bundles/ and others dependencies should be places in WEB-INF/lib
thx
THX to everybody, i can't update to Maven 2.1 so i did it through maven-antrun plugin )

Answer 1

I think what you need to do is make the dependency provided and copy it using mvn copy-dependencies. Here is an example that does that with apache commons / lang:
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
<version>2.5</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.1</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>copydep</id>
<phase>prepare-package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
</goals>
<inherited>false</inherited>
<configuration>
<includeArtifactIds>commons-lang</includeArtifactIds>
<outputDirectory>$project.build.directory/${project.build.finalName}/web-inf/bundles</outputDirectory>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
($project.build.directory/${project.build.finalName} is the work folder that is used to assemble the war)

Answer 2

Maven war plugin supports extensive customization. Not clear from your question, what exactly you want, but this page should hopefully help.

Answer 3

Where do you want to put these libraries? You have to be carefull, as the war structure defines the WEB-INF/lib as the directory for third-parties libraries. All *.jar files located in this directory will be loaded in the Classpath by the container (such as Tomcat).
Changing this directory can be harmful for your application!
That's why I am not aware of a configuration parameter for the Maven WAR Plugin that allow you to change this WEB-INF/lib directory.
If you really know what you are doing, you can try to create your own WAR using an assembly.