[armedbear-devel] installing java dependencies with :mvn ASDF component

[Anton Vodonosov]

The diff from the previous message had several problems.

After fixing the problems one by one I now have working version -
see svn.diff attached (can't submit it as a ticket, because don't know
how to login into the new ABCL Trac).

I must say I now feel how convenient :mvn ASDEF componets are.
I just do (ql:quickload :my-system) and it automatically installs
and loads all the Lisp and Java dependencies (ApachePOI takes 8 .jar files to install).

As for keeping compatibility with old maven. Various approaches possible here.
I would suggest to commit my patch and be compatible with the latest maven 
version. If necessary, record a separate ticket to generalize/conditionalize
the :mvn components implementation to make it compatible with both old and new maven.

Best regards,
- Anton

P.S.
Maven 3.1.0 release notes, where they describe Aether API change:
http://maven.apache.org/docs/3.1.0/release-notes.html

10.08.2013, 01:40, "Anton Vodonosov" <avodonosov at yandex.ru>:
> I think I found the reason.
>
> I am using the latest maven 3.1.0. The Aether API has moved to another packages:
> org.eclipse.aether.*
>
> I have changed contrib/abcl-asdf/maven-embedder.lisp file to use new java class names
> (as in the addached svn.diff), and the error seems gone.
>
> I continue to work on the Excel improt, will here report if find new information.
>
> Best regards,
> - Anton
>
> 10.08.2013, 01:01, "Anton Vodonosov" <avodonosov at yandex.ru>:
>
>>  Hello.
>>
>>  I need to import data from Excel, and following Hans Hübner's article
>>  for how to do this with ABCL:
>>  http://netzhansa.blogspot.com/2013/03/dealing-with-excel-files-from-common.html
>>
>>  The Hans' code depends on Apache POI library.
>>
>>  I saw that ABCL comes from abcl-asdf contrib,  which extends ASDF by adding a :mnv component,
>>  so that we can specify :mvn artifact as a dependency of our ASDF system.
>>  I would like to use this facility to automatically install the POI .jar files.
>>
>>  I created an .asdf file with this content:
>>
>>  (defsystem :excel-s
>>    :defsystem-depends-on (:abcl-asdf)
>>    :version "0.1.0"
>>    :encoding :utf-8
>>    :components ((:mvn "org.apache.poi/poi-ooxml/3.9")))
>>
>>  Then I invoke ABCL:
>>  C:\Users\anton\projects\abcl\abcl.bat --batch --eval "(require :abcl-contrib") --eval "(pushnew \"./\" asdf:*central-registry* :test #'equal)" --eval "(ql:quickload :excel-s)"
>>
>>  It fails with exception: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: aether.util.artifact.DefaultArtifact
>>  This exception is throw by abcl-asdf::resolve-dependencies function, defined in the
>>  contrib/abcl-asdf/maven-embedder.lisp.
>>
>>  Maven is installed on my machine, including the /lib/ directory containing the Aether API jars.
>>
>>  I performed some investigation and tried to ensure the Aether .jars are added to classpath:
>>
>>  (abcl-asdf::init)
>>  (let ((*default-pathname-defaults* abcl-asdf::*mvn-libs-directory*))
>>    (dolist (jar-pathname (or (directory "**/*.jar")
>>                                  (error "no jars found in ~S - expected Apache Maven /libs/ directory ~
>>                                            installation there"
>>                                         (merge-pathnames abcl-asdf::*mvn-libs-directory*))))
>>          (java:add-to-classpath (namestring jar-pathname))))
>>
>>  Still I have the same error - class aether.util.artifact.DefaultArtifact not found.
>>
>>  Is the way I am trying to install java libs expected to work, and how to find the problem?
>>
>>  Best regards,
>>  - Anton
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