Correct way to declare multiple scope for Maven dependency?

Question

I have a dependency that I want to use in test scope (so that it is in the classpath when I am running unit tests), and in runtime scope (so that I can

Answer 1

Declaring a dependency with a scope of runtime ensures that the library is not available during compile time.

Declaring the dependency as optional causes a break in the dependency resolution process; projects depending on your libraries will need to explicitly include the dependencies themselves.

So the correct way to declare this would be:

  org.slf4j
  jcl-over-slf4j
  1.7.13
  runtime
  true