Java library dependency on another library, compilation and distribution

Question

Java

Good afternoon.

I am writing a small open source library in Java, I use Ant to build it. There was such a plan question about compilation and distribution.
My library depends on another library (jsoup html parser) which is required when compiling. There are such options:
1. Put the jsoup jar file in my repository.
Cons: extra binary in the repository.

2. Expect that the user has a jsoup of a specific version when compiling.
Cons: may not be present.
And also how to reflect this in build.xml in this case?

Wanted to know what is the standard practice.

It is also interesting how in this case to distribute the compiled assembly of your library - drag jsoup with you or expect that the user has it?

Answer 1

Use maven and the dependency will be pulled out by the user! Ant is already bad manners.

Answer 2

I agree with dborovikov's comment about maven, but if you really need ant, I recommend looking at ivy .
PS Dependency for jsoup can be searched at search.maven.org

Answer 3

I would recommend, not just maven, but already gradle .

Answer 4

Plus maven.
Well, if you really want ant - pack the library with you.

Answer 5

If you really want ant, but you need dependencies, you can look towards maven.apache.org/ant-tasks/index.html
Then even when building with ant, libraries can be downloaded during compilation.

Answer 6

Linux repositories have nothing to do with it, we are talking about their repositories, such as search.maven.org and repo.jfrog.org/