Cannot install feature from Maven reactor module

[bmarwell]

Hi,

I am using a multi-module maven project:

• Bundle
• Feature
• ITs

In ITs, I defined the <type>esa</type> feature module as dependency.
However, the liberty-maven-plugin tries to download it from central only:

[INFO] Installing features: [dataSourceValidatorFeature]
Downloading from central: https://repo1.maven.org/io/openliberty/features/repository-resolver/maven-metadata.xml
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal io.openliberty.tools:liberty-maven-plugin:3.5.2:install-feature (test-init) on project datasourcevalidator.IT.liberty-recent-java8: CWWKF1203E: Unable to obtain the following features: dataSourceValidatorFeature. Ensure that the features are valid. -> [Help 1]

I wonder how plugins are supposed to be integration-tested when this plugin does not support reactor modules as dependencies.

Suggested solution

The solution is probably to add it somewhere here:
https://github.com/OpenLiberty/ci.maven/blob/main/liberty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/maven/InstallFeatureSupport.java#L233-L242

Known Workaround

Specify a relative path to the other module's target (not a good practice!) or use the dependency plugin to copy it to the IT module's target folder and use that as a relative path (somewhat better).

[bmarwell]

Reopen, b/c of
#1530