[aether-users] classpath repository connector

[Pasi Niemi <pasi.niemi@xxxxxx>]

Hi,

I have an idea for a new aether feature: classpath connector. It is useful in the following use case: you can package repositories into jar files very easily with the maven assembly plugin, stick a bunch of such jars onto the classpath and then resolve artifacts out of there. I used it with an installer framework I made that packed many of these repository jars into one and resolved the artifacts for installation purposes. 

So I already implemented this once by basically copying the file connector and tweaking it a bit. Unfortunately that work stayed with my previous employer. I guess the correct way to do it would be to try and share the code as much as possible.

Similarly I think that a zip file connector could be useful. 

Writing to a classpath repository does not make sense, but I guess a zip file repository could be written into.

So what do you think?

BR,

-Pasi