Java :Maven Repositories(Gradle)

Java :Maven Repositories

https://www.safaribooksonline.com/library/view/gradle-beyond-the/9781449373801/ch04.html

Since a Maven repository is nothing more than a website containing downloadable POM files and modules in a predictable directory structure, declaring a Maven repository in Gradle begins with telling Gradle the URL of the repo. '

The most common Maven repository http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/ ( to avoid scripting that URL directly into your build).

Gradle: Declaring the Central repository
repositories {
  mavenCentral()
}

Other open-source Maven repositories exist on the Internet, Sonatype’s Nexus and JFrog’s Artifactory

Gradle : Declaring Maven repositories in general
repositories {
  maven {
    url = 'http://download.java.net/maven/2'
  }
  maven {
    name = 'JBoss Repo'  //optional name
    url = 'https://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/repositories/releases'
  }
}

To download build artifacts from a mirrored copy of the repo somewhere else in the network

Gradle: Setting the artifact URL as distinct from the default POM URL

repositories {
  // Overriding artifacts for an internal repo
  maven {
    url = 'http://central.megacorp.com/main/repo'
    artifactUrls = [ 'http://dept.megacorp.com/local/repo' ]
  }
  // Obtain Maven Central artifacts locally
  mavenCentral artifactUrls: ['http://dept.megacorp.com/maven/central']
}
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