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How to add Java JAR files to Grails project?

I have a few Java/Maven projects that I want to use in a Grails 2.0.4 project. I have tried various approaches, such as:

  1. Installing the JAR files in my local maven repository, and executing grails install-dependency com.foo:my-project:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
  2. Copying the JAR files into the lib folder of grails.
  3. Adding compile com.foo:my-project:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT to the dependencies section of BuildConfig.groovy
  4. Uncommenting mavenLocal() and passing /home/me/.m2/repository

I may have tried a few other things, such as superstitiously throwing in a grails clean whenever convenient. In every case grails compile yields the following result: compilation fails, unable to resolve every reference to any of the classes in either of the JARs.

Any idea what I'm missing?

Solution

  • Putting the jar in the lib folder should do the trick. We are using the same approach currently without problems.