Maven Importing External Dependencies

How do we import third-party library files into our project?

The dependencies list in the pom.xml file lists all external dependencies required for our project to build.

To add a dependency, we typically first add a lib folder under the src folder, then copy the required JAR files into the lib folder. We are using ldapjdk.jar, which is a helper library for LDAP operations:

Then, add the following dependency to the pom.xml file:

<dependencies>
    <!-- Add your dependencies here -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>ldapjdk</groupId>  <!-- Library name, customizable -->
        <artifactId>ldapjdk</artifactId>    <!-- Library name, customizable -->
        <version>1.0</version> <!-- Version number -->
        <scope>system</scope> <!-- Scope -->
        <systemPath>${basedir}\src\lib\ldapjdk.jar</systemPath> <!-- Under the lib folder in the project root directory -->
    </dependency> 
</dependencies>

The complete pom.xml file code is as follows:

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" 
   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
   xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 
   http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.companyname.bank</groupId>
   <artifactId>consumerBanking</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>consumerBanking</name>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>

   <dependencies>
      <dependency>
         <groupId>junit</groupId>
         <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
         <version>3.8.1</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
      </dependency>

      <dependency>
         <groupId>ldapjdk</groupId>
         <artifactId>ldapjdk</artifactId>
         <scope>system</scope>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <systemPath>${basedir}\src\lib\ldapjdk.jar</systemPath>
      </dependency>
   </dependencies>

</project>