Programatically getting an effective POM using Maven Resolver Provider

Question

What do I want to do?

• Given a POM file on the local filesystem.

• I want to programmatically obtain the effective POM of that POM file. Specifically I want to do the following:

  • Resolve the POMs dependencies
  • Ensure that all parent POMs are processed
  • Obtain the list of dependencies of the fully resolved POM
  • And so on...

• I don't need to obtain transitive dependencies.

What works?

I'm using Maven Resolver Provider which sort of works. However I have to use a package private class org.apache.maven.repository.internal.DefaultModelResolver

Here a GitHub link to a sample Maven project that you can run: https://github.com/sahilm/maven-resolver-test

The example program does the following:

• Downloads the latest spring boot POM from Maven Central.
• Prints out it's direct dependencies (with parent deps included)

You can run the the program with: mvn exec:java -Dexec.mainClass="com.sahilm.maven_resolver_test.Test"

What I need help with?

• I need help with understanding why I have to use a package private class to get stuff to work.
• Is there another way to get the information I need?

Answer 1

Maybe you can use ProjectModelResolver. Here's a code snippet,

    DefaultRepositorySystem repositorySystem =
            new DefaultRepositorySystem();
    repositorySystem.initService(locator);

    ModelResolver modelResolver =
            new ProjectModelResolver(session, requestTrace,
                    repositorySystem, remoteRepositoryManager, repos,
                    ProjectBuildingRequest.RepositoryMerging.POM_DOMINANT,
                    null);

I've included a working code here.