Java with maven local repo: failed to download dependency of customized jar

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I have a java SpringBoot project, that I build using ‘gradle build’ - which create the full executable jar with the default project name.
I also defined a customized jar task - to include only models from that project:

task clientJar(type: Jar, overwrite: true) {
from sourceSets.main.output
baseName = ‘models-only’
include ‘**/model/**’
}

when I run ‘gradle clientJar’ - the new jar is also generated sucesfully as ‘models-only-[version data].jar’

now, when I run ‘gradle uploadArchives’ the local maven .m2 repository is being created and into it are uploaded the custom clientJar AND a normal (non executable) jar containing all classes, with the defautlt name of the project.

  • I belive that the default jar is created due to the ‘plugin java’ line - which is ok. (if I rename my clientJar to the default project name - only the full jar is created).

anyway - THE PROBLEM is:
in a second project I need to use the clientJar as a dependancy, but when I specify it by name I get an error:
‘Could not find com.t2k.playanywhere:models_only:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT’

but if I change the dependency to use the default jar - it manage to download the jar properly from the local repository.

to clarify: at both attempt - the local maven repo contains the 2 jars, but only the default one is apparently found.

I’d appreciate any suggestions.
Thanks!

Edited:
I just found that the problem was due to the customized client jar is being stored in the same folder (at the local repo) as the default jar.
when I create it manually at a folder with the smae name as the client jar - the build dependency is found!

so I guess now the question is how to I fix my clientJar task code to be stored in it’s own folder?

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to publish multiple artifacts you have to explicitly declare each artifact you want to publish to your Maven repository, Section 31.6.4.1. Multiple artifacts per project in the current userguide at https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/userguide_single.html#artifact_management covers this topic.

cheers,
René

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Thanks,
but the example is really not sufficient - it’s barely have any proper documentation, and I couldn’t find any examples for this usage anywhere else…
for example: what is the ‘filter’ field? how do you define it?