Maven: add a folder or jar file into currrent classpath

Question

Hi I am using maven-compile plugin to compile classes. Now i would like to add one jar file into current classpath. that file stays in another location (let says c:/jars/abc.jar . i prefer to leave this file here). How can i do that. If i use classpath in the argument:

<configuration>
 <compilerArguments>
  <classpath>c:/jars/abc.jar</classpath>
  </compilerArguments>
   </configuration>

it will not working because it will override the current classpath (that include all the dependencies)

Please help me.

Answer 1

This might have been asked before. See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/364114/can-i-add-jars-to-maven-2-build-classpath-without-installing-them#364188

In a nutshell: include your jar as dependency with system scope. This requires specifying the absolute path to the jar.

See also http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-dependency-mechanism.html