Maven2 Dependencies and Native Libraries

Question

I have a Java project which I've used Maven2 and the assembly plugin to help with compiling and packaging, theres quite a few dependencies so its quite a nightmare to manage especially since im quite new to Maven.

Anyway, Im using a Java library which has an accompanying native Windows library (DLL) and im trying to work out how to specify the native library as a dependency or something so that it exists on the path and my application can use the library at runtime.

Any help would be appreciated!

Answer 1

Check out these blog posts on how to handle Maven and Native Libraries and an update with improvements - the blog's author shows how he accomplished this on a project using JDIC (Java Desktop Integration Components) - which has native bindings.