Javen

A runtime maven dependency loader.

Features

• Annotation based
• Artifacts locally saved to faster loading

Requirements

• Java 1.8+

Getting started

Add Javen as a project dependency

Maven

<repositories>
  <repository>
    <url>https://repo.cyr1en.com/snapshots</url>
  </repository>
</repositories>
  
<dependency>
  <groupId>com.cyr1en</groupId>
  <artifactId>javen-core</artifactId>
  <version>{version}</version>
</dependency>

Gradle

repositories {
  maven {
    url "https://repo.cyr1en.com/snapshots"
  }
}

dependencies {
  implementation 'com.cyr1en:javen-core:{version}'
}

Usage

Javen is annotation based, therefore, annotations are used to declare the dependencies that are going to be loaded by Javen.

Declaring dependencies to load.

@Lib annotation could be placed on any class (not functions or fields).

@Lib(group = "group", name = "artifact-id", version = "version")
private class SomeClass {
}

Loading dependencies

Javen requires a lib directory where it's going to save all of the resolved artifacts.

public static void main(String[] args) {
    // Initialize Javen with its lib directory being /libs
    Javen javen = new Javen(Paths.get("lib"));
    javen.loadDependencies(); // Load all declared deps.
}

Adding repositories

Some dependencies requires a specific remote repository (other than Maven central), luckily Javen allows you to add a remote repository. Just make sure to add your remote repositories using .addRepositry() before loading the jars.

public static void main(String[] args) {
    // Initialize Javen with its lib directory being /libs
    Javen javen = new Javen(Paths.get("lib"));
    javen.addRepository(new Repository("JCenter", "https://jcenter.bintray.com/", "default"));
    javen.addRepository("JitPack", "https://Jitpack.io");
    javen.loadDependencies(); // Load all declared deps.
}