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id="bodyColumn" class="span10" > <section> <h2><a name="Default_Artifact_Handlers_Reference"></a>Default Artifact Handlers Reference</h2> <p>Artifact handlers (see <a href="../maven-artifact/apidocs/org/apache/maven/artifact/handler/ArtifactHandler.html"> API</a>) define for each <a href="../maven-model/maven.html#class_dependency">dependency type</a> information on the artifact (classifier, extension, language) and how to manage it as dependency (add to classpath, include dependencies).</p> <p>Some artifact handlers are configured by default in <code>META-INF/plexus/artifact-handlers.xml</code>:</p> <table border="1" class="table table-striped"> <tr class="a"> <th align="left">type</th> <th align="left">classifier</th> <th align="left">extension</th> <th align="left">packaging</th> <th align="left">language</th> <th align="left">added to classpath</th> <th align="left">includesDependencies</th></tr> <tr class="b"> <td align="left"><code>pom</code></td> <td align="left"></td> <td align="left"><i>= type</i></td> <td align="left"><i>= type</i></td> <td align="left">none</td> <td align="left"></td> <td align="left"></td></tr> <tr class="a"> <td align="left"><code>jar</code></td> <td align="left"></td> <td align="left"><i>= type</i></td> <td align="left"><i>= type</i></td> <td align="left">java</td> <td align="left"><code>true</code></td> <td align="left"></td></tr> <tr class="b"> <td align="left"><code>test-jar</code></td> <td align="left"><code>tests</code></td> <td align="left"><code>jar</code></td> <td align="left"><code>jar</code></td> <td align="left">java</td> <td align="left"><code>true</code></td> <td align="left"></td></tr> <tr class="a"> <td align="left"><code>maven-plugin</code></td> <td align="left"></td> <td align="left"><code>jar</code></td> <td align="left"><i>= type</i></td> <td align="left">java</td> <td align="left"><code>true</code></td> <td align="left"></td></tr> <tr class="b"> <td align="left"><code>ejb</code></td> <td align="left"></td> <td align="left"><code>jar</code></td> <td align="left"><i>= type</i></td> <td align="left">java</td> <td align="left"><code>true</code></td> <td align="left"></td></tr> <tr class="a"> <td align="left"><code>ejb-client</code></td> <td align="left"><code>client</code></td> <td align="left"><code>jar</code></td> <td align="left"><code>ejb</code></td> <td align="left">java</td> <td align="left"><code>true</code></td> <td align="left"></td></tr> <tr class="b"> <td align="left"><code>war</code></td> <td align="left"></td> <td align="left"><i>= type</i></td> <td align="left"><i>= type</i></td> <td align="left">java</td> <td align="left"></td> <td align="left"><code>true</code></td></tr> <tr class="a"> <td align="left"><code>ear</code></td> <td align="left"></td> <td align="left"><i>= type</i></td> <td align="left"><i>= type</i></td> <td align="left">java</td> <td align="left"></td> <td align="left"><code>true</code></td></tr> <tr class="b"> <td align="left"><code>rar</code></td> <td align="left"></td> <td align="left"><i>= type</i></td> <td align="left"><i>= type</i></td> <td align="left">java</td> <td align="left"></td> <td align="left"><code>true</code></td></tr> <tr class="a"> <td align="left"><code>java-source</code></td> <td align="left"><code>sources</code></td> <td align="left"><code>jar</code></td> <td align="left"><i>= type</i></td> <td align="left">java</td> <td align="left"></td> <td align="left"></td></tr> <tr class="b"> <td align="left"><code>javadoc</code></td> <td align="left"><code>javadoc</code></td> <td align="left"><code>jar</code></td> <td align="left"><i>= type</i></td> <td align="left">java</td> <td align="left"><code>true</code></td> <td align="left"></td></tr></table></section> </main> </div> </div> <hr/> <footer> <div class="container-fluid"> <div class="row-fluid"> <p>© 2001–2024 <a href="https://www.apache.org/">The Apache Software Foundation</a> </p> </div> </div> </footer> <script> if(anchors) { anchors.add(); } </script> </body> 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