On 21 Apr 2009, at 22:44, Dan Allen wrote:
>
> Ok, well we can add extra rules to this module:
>
> * no non-optional dependencies on other jars (must be self contained)
> * bean validation must have no deps outside BV api
>
> I think it would be sensible to add a short contract.txt to each
> module to include these requirements. Shane, could you add these?
Technically that is the purpose of the maven enforcer plugin. With
patience, it can be configured to fail the build when certain
dependencies show up (or are outside of a pattern list).
You need more than that - you need to execute an test for each piece
of functionality that has such a contract and ensure it runs with only
it's deps in the classpath. The enforcer plugin is more about
enforcing a rule on a dependency management, not on how people write
code AFAIK.
-Dan
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