Dependencies and repositories

How Maven finds the libraries you use, and how to point it at your own repositories.

• How dependencies work
• Optional dependencies and exclusions
• Repositories explained
• Use a mirror or repository manager (Nexus, Artifactory)Send every download through your organisation's repository manager instead of Maven Central and the repositories projects declare.
• Why use a repository manager
• Use several repositories
• Install a third-party JAR locally
• Deploy a third-party JAR to a remote repository
• Authenticated HTTPS repositories
• Resolver transport
• HTTP options of the Wagon transport
• Alternative Wagon providers
• Large centralized deployments
• Naming your coordinates