Filtering a dependency's version in a maven POM file

Question

Is it possible to somehow include a dependency's version number in a pom's properties tag pair? I simply want to get hold of a dependency's version number. This is more or less an extension of this question:

Possible to get one of dependency version to insert into a filtered resource file?

This is basically what I want to achieve, but I don't want to have to explicitly write down the version number of the dependency I need - i.e. I should be able to inherit the version number of the dependency.

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:26

0

No.

Version is Mandatory for Dependency Management and dependency resolution.

but can ease you by mentioning version such a way like

getting latest version all the time. getting version between specified range. etc.

More info

edited May 23 '17 at 10:26

Community

1
1

answered May 06 '14 at 13:56

Pramod S. Nikam

4,271
4
38
62

How would I be able to retrieve this to use in a properties file - by filtering or something else? – liquidus219 May 06 '14 at 14:05
mention that in pom.xml instead as property inside .. – Pramod S. Nikam May 06 '14 at 14:19
So how do I relate to the dependency when adding inside the properties tags? – liquidus219 May 06 '14 at 15:39
XYZ and use it wherever you need on pom like ${App.version} – Pramod S. Nikam May 07 '14 at 05:45
Ok, I understand now - I suppose this will be my last resort option as I need to produce a number (rather a regex) that can be passed to a properties file. – liquidus219 May 07 '14 at 13:34

Filtering a dependency's version in a maven POM file

1 Answers1