[MDEP-665] Recognize "starters" during analyze

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Component/s: analyze
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Robert Scholte
• Created: 23/Nov/19 09:04
• Updated: 23/Dec/20 09:01
• Resolved: 12/Jul/20 13:26

Description

Springboot introduces the concept of starters, which are a predefined set of dependencies.
It is an empty jar, which acts as just a container for multiple dependencies. (it should have been a pom, but that means people suddenly need to add {{<type>pom</type> to their dependency)
Due to its popularity we should solve this during analyze: a starter should be a delegate for its dependencies. (in the code I would use the word delegate, not starter as it is too Spring specific)

Issue Links

• Blocked: MDEP-557 In dependency analysis, support Spring Boot style intentional transitive compile-time dependencies