[seam-dev] laying the tracks for Seam 3

[Pete Muir]

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.

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