How to include a maven module outside of the project context?

Question

I\'d like to have a module in some kind of global project directory, so that I can include that module in all other projects that use that common code.

But how can I

Answer 1

Using relative path to include some submodules is not a good practice...you will have a lot of problems.

Can not you just put the common project as a dependency of the parent module...

In this way you will have that "common project" in all the submodule that declare the parent project as a parent...

Why do you want to compile your "common" project every time you compile the parent pom?

Edited:

YOUR SVN:

svn/MyGlobalProject/project-commons/pom.xml           //should be shared among different projects
svn/MyProject/web-parent/trunk/pom.xml                //the parent pom used to build the    application
svn/MyProject/web-parent/trunk/project-domain/pom.xml //submodule 1
svn/MyProject/web-parent/trunk/project-web/pom.xml    //submodule 2

PARENT POM.XML:

    de.project
    project-parent
    pom

    
       
      de.project
      project-commons
      ${common.project.version}
       
    


    project-domain
    project-web

Just like this... in that way project-domain and project-web will inherit that dependency, and you will able to use it everywhere you want in submodules...

Than the use of dependency management could be a good improvements