maven-dependency-plugin最大的用途是帮助分析项目依赖,dependency:list能够列出项目最终解析到的依赖列表,dependency:tree能进一步的描绘项目依赖树,dependency:analyze可以告诉你项目依赖潜在的问题,如果你有直接使用到的却未声明的依赖,该目标就会发出警告。maven-dependency-plugin还有很多目标帮助你操作依赖文件,例如dependency:copy-dependencies能将项目依赖从本地Maven仓库复制到某个特定的文件夹下面。

 

 

比如查看maven项目的依赖,我们可以用下面命令:

mvn dependency:tree
以Dubbo的 dubbo-demo-provider 为例,我们输入这个命令可以获得下面信息:
mvn dependency:tree 
  
[INFO] Scanning for projects... 

  
[WARNING] 

  
[WARNING] Some problems were encountered while building the effective model for com.alibaba:dubbo-demo-provider:jar:2.5.4-SNAPSHOT 

  
[WARNING] 'build.plugins.plugin.version' for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin is missing. @ com.alibaba:dubbo-parent:2.5.4-SNAPSHOT, /Users/ghj1976/project/github/alibaba/dubbo/pom.xml, line 379, column 12 

  
[WARNING] 'build.plugins.plugin.version' for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-jar-plugin is missing. @ com.alibaba:dubbo-parent:2.5.4-SNAPSHOT, /Users/ghj1976/project/github/alibaba/dubbo/pom.xml, line 365, column 12 

  
[WARNING] 'build.plugins.plugin.version' for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-deploy-plugin is missing. @ com.alibaba:dubbo-parent:2.5.4-SNAPSHOT, /Users/ghj1976/project/github/alibaba/dubbo/pom.xml, line 449, column 12 

  
[WARNING] 

  
[WARNING] It is highly recommended to fix these problems because they threaten the stability of your build. 

  
[WARNING] 

  
[WARNING] For this reason, future Maven versions might no longer support building such malformed projects. 

  
[WARNING] 

  
[INFO]                                                                         
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 

  
[INFO] Building dubbo-demo-provider 2.5.4-SNAPSHOT 

  
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 

  
[INFO] 

  
[INFO] --- maven-dependency-plugin:2.8:tree (default-cli) @ dubbo-demo-provider --- 

  
[INFO] com.alibaba:dubbo-demo-provider:jar:2.5.4-SNAPSHOT 

  
[INFO] +- com.alibaba:dubbo-demo-api:jar:2.5.4-SNAPSHOT:compile 

  
[INFO] +- com.alibaba:dubbo:jar:2.5.4-SNAPSHOT:compile 

  
[INFO] |  \- commons-logging:commons-logging:jar:1.1.1:compile 

  
[INFO] +- org.springframework:spring:jar:2.5.6.SEC03:compile 

  
[INFO] +- org.javassist:javassist:jar:3.15.0-GA:compile 

  
[INFO] +- org.jboss.netty:netty:jar:3.2.5.Final:compile 

  
[INFO] +- org.apache.mina:mina-core:jar:1.1.7:compile 

  
[INFO] +- org.glassfish.grizzly:grizzly-core:jar:2.1.4:compile 

  
[INFO] |  +- org.glassfish.grizzly:grizzly-framework:jar:2.1.4:compile 

  
[INFO] |  |  \- org.glassfish.gmbal:gmbal-api-only:jar:3.0.0-b023:compile 

  
[INFO] |  |     \- org.glassfish.external:management-api:jar:3.0.0-b012:compile 

  
[INFO] |  +- org.glassfish.grizzly:grizzly-portunif:jar:2.1.4:compile 

  
[INFO] |  \- org.glassfish.grizzly:grizzly-rcm:jar:2.1.4:compile 

  
[INFO] +- org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:jar:4.1.2:compile 

  
[INFO] |  +- org.apache.httpcomponents:httpcore:jar:4.1.2:compile 

  
[INFO] |  \- commons-codec:commons-codec:jar:1.4:compile 

  
[INFO] +- com.alibaba:fastjson:jar:1.1.39:compile 

  
[INFO] +- com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream:jar:1.4.1:compile 

  
[INFO] |  +- xmlpull:xmlpull:jar:1.1.3.1:compile 

  
[INFO] |  \- xpp3:xpp3_min:jar:1.1.4c:compile 

  
[INFO] +- org.apache.bsf:bsf-api:jar:3.1:compile 

  
[INFO] +- org.apache.zookeeper:zookeeper:jar:3.3.3:compile 

  
[INFO] |  \- jline:jline:jar:0.9.94:compile 

  
[INFO] +- com.github.sgroschupf:zkclient:jar:0.1:compile 

  
[INFO] +- com.netflix.curator:curator-framework:jar:1.1.16:compile 

  
[INFO] |  +- com.netflix.curator:curator-client:jar:1.1.16:compile 

  
[INFO] |  \- com.google.guava:guava:jar:11.0.1:compile 

  
[INFO] |     \- com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:jar:1.3.9:compile 

  
[INFO] +- com.googlecode.xmemcached:xmemcached:jar:1.3.6:compile 

  
[INFO] +- org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-frontend-simple:jar:2.6.1:compile 

  
[INFO] |  +- org.apache.cxf:cxf-api:jar:2.6.1:compile 

  
[INFO] |  |  +- org.codehaus.woodstox:woodstox-core-asl:jar:4.1.2:runtime 

  
[INFO] |  |  |  \- org.codehaus.woodstox:stax2-api:jar:3.1.1:runtime 

  
[INFO] |  |  +- org.apache.ws.xmlschema:xmlschema-core:jar:2.0.2:compile 

  
[INFO] |  |  +- org.apache.geronimo.specs:geronimo-javamail_1.4_spec:jar:1.7.1:compile 

  
[INFO] |  |  \- wsdl4j:wsdl4j:jar:1.6.2:compile 

  
[INFO] |  +- org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-core:jar:2.6.1:compile 

  
[INFO] |  |  \- com.sun.xml.bind:jaxb-impl:jar:2.1.13:compile 

  
[INFO] |  \- org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-bindings-soap:jar:2.6.1:compile 

  
[INFO] |     \- org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-databinding-jaxb:jar:2.6.1:compile 

  
[INFO] +- org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-transports-http:jar:2.6.1:compile 

  
[INFO] +- org.apache.thrift:libthrift:jar:0.8.0:compile 

  
[INFO] |  \- commons-lang:commons-lang:jar:2.5:compile 

  
[INFO] +- com.caucho:hessian:jar:4.0.7:compile 

  
[INFO] +- javax.servlet:servlet-api:jar:2.5:compile 

  
[INFO] +- org.mortbay.jetty:jetty:jar:6.1.26:compile 

  
[INFO] |  +- org.mortbay.jetty:jetty-util:jar:6.1.26:compile 

  
[INFO] |  \- org.mortbay.jetty:servlet-api:jar:2.5-20081211:compile 

  
[INFO] +- log4j:log4j:jar:1.2.16:compile 

  
[INFO] +- org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.6.2:compile 

  
[INFO] +- redis.clients:jedis:jar:2.1.0:compile 

  
[INFO] |  \- commons-pool:commons-pool:jar:1.5.5:compile 

  
[INFO] +- javax.validation:validation-api:jar:1.0.0.GA:compile 

  
[INFO] +- org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:jar:4.2.0.Final:compile 

  
[INFO] +- javax.cache:cache-api:jar:0.4:compile 

  
[INFO] +- junit:junit:jar:4.10:test 

  
[INFO] |  \- org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core:jar:1.1:test 

  
[INFO] +- org.easymock:easymock:jar:3.0:test 

  
[INFO] |  +- cglib:cglib-nodep:jar:2.2:test 

  
[INFO] |  \- org.objenesis:objenesis:jar:1.2:test 

  
[INFO] +- org.easymock:easymockclassextension:jar:3.0:test 

  
[INFO] \- com.googlecode.jmockit:jmockit:jar:0.999.8:test 

  
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 

  
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS 

  
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 

  
[INFO] Total time: 2.057 s 

  
[INFO] Finished at: 2016-03-29T15:41:31+08:00 

  
[INFO] Final Memory: 12M/309M 

  
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 

   
unpack和copy类似,只不过它会把拷来的包解开,例如:
<build>
  
    <plugins>

  
        <plugin>

  
            <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>

  
            <executions>

  
                <execution>

  
                    <id>unpack</id>

  
                    <phase>package</phase>

  
                    <goals>

  
                        <goal>unpack</goal>

  
                    </goals>

  
                    <configuration>

  
                        <artifactItems>

  
                            <artifactItem>

  
                                <groupId>com.alibaba</groupId>

  
                                <artifactId>dubbo</artifactId>

  
                                <version>${project.parent.version}</version>

  
                                <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/dubbo</outputDirectory>

  
                                <includes>META-INF/assembly/**</includes>

  
                            </artifactItem>

  
                        </artifactItems>

  
                    </configuration>

  
                </execution>

  
            </executions>

  
        </plugin>

  …

dependency:unpack 中常用参数有:

  • artifactItems:用来包含声明需要解压的文件元素;
  • artifactItem:声明需要解压的文件;
  • outputDirectory:定义解压后输出的文件夹;
  • includes:定义输出包含的规则;
  • excludes:定义输出排除的规则。

Apache Maven Dependency Plugin中比较常用的功能有:

  • dependency:copy  用来拷贝某一个或多个特定文件到指定目录;
  • dependency:copy-dependencies  用来拷贝依赖的文件到指定目录;
  • dependency:unpack  与 copy 类似,但会解压文件;
  • dependency:unpack-dependencies 与 copy-dependencies 类似,但会解压文件;

 

参考资料:

使用maven命令来分析jar包之间的依赖关系
http://outofmemory.cn/code-snippet/10914/maven-command-dependency