I've never tried overriding the version number in a child pom but I'd
guess it works. Give it a try and find out!
Basically dependencyManagement lets you specify...
parent-pom.xml
<dependencyManagement>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>3.8.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
<version>1.2.13</version>
</dependency>
</dependencyManagement>
child-pom.xml (note, no version #s specified)
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
So the children all inherit the version # from the depMgmt in the
parent. You can also use this in profiles to specify exact version #s
for dependencies in specific profiles -- and can even change the
scope, so for profile=dev your commons-logging.jar is compile scope,
but profile=prod it uses provided, etc.
We've talked about this and provided a few examples on the user@ list
lately, so go search the archive and I'm sure you'll find lots more
info...
Wayne
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