I would like to put JDK tools.jar as compile dependency. I found some examples that indicate to use the systemPath property like the following:
<dependency>
<groupId>com.sun</groupId>
<artifactId>tools</artifactId>
<scope>system</scope>
<systemPath>${java.home}/../lib/tools.jar</systemPath>
</dependency>
The problem is that the path is not correct for Mac Os X (however it is correct for Windows and Linux). For it, the correct path is ${java.home}/../Classes/classes.jar.
I am looking for a way in order to define a maven property such that if system is detected as Mac Os X, value is set to ${java.home}/../Classes/classes.jar, otherwise it is set to ${java.home}/../lib/tools.jar (like it is possible to do with ANT). Does someone has an idea ?
Thank you for introducing me maven profiles.
I have used profile as mentioned above and by activating a profile based on the presence of the desired file :
<profiles>
<profile>
<id>default-profile</id>
<activation>
<activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
<file>
<exists>${java.home}/../lib/tools.jar</exists>
</file>
</activation>
<properties>
<toolsjar>${java.home}/../lib/tools.jar</toolsjar>
</properties>
</profile>
<profile>
<id>mac-profile</id>
<activation>
<activeByDefault>false</activeByDefault>
<file>
<exists>${java.home}/../Classes/classes.jar</exists>
</file>
</activation>
<properties>
<toolsjar>${java.home}/../Classes/classes.jar</toolsjar>
</properties>
</profile>
</profiles>
I posted this answer to highlight a mistake in the previous post : the property section can only be used in activation section in order to activate a profile based on the existence of the specified property. In order to define a property, the properties section must be used like above.