How to programmatically retrieve artifacts' jars from Maven in order to perform search inside them?

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How to programmatically retrieve artifacts' jars from Maven in order to perform search inside them? Any ideas or some useful API?

So I assume you want to download the source code? Look here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2059431/get-source-jars-from-maven-repository — matsev, Jan 13 '12 at 22:59
From [Can I use Maven repository manager outside of Maven?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5296271): Use [Aether](https://docs.sonatype.org/display/AETHER/Home) if you want to benefit from Maven dependency resolution mechanizm. — dma_k, Jan 13 '12 at 23:56

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:12

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The following answer uses ivy to download source jars so that they can be compiled

You didn't specify what you were searching for. Sounds like you'll possibly need a custom plug-in if you continue with a Maven solution.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:12

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answered Jan 13 '12 at 23:30

Mark O'Connor

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