[MNG-3991] POM validator allows <scope>optional</scope> but it is not valid.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.10, 2.1.0, 2.2.0
• Fix Version/s: 3.0-alpha-3
• Component/s: POM
• Assignee: Benjamin Bentmann
• Reporter: Julien HENRY
• Created: 14/Jan/09 02:02
• Updated: 05/Apr/15 22:08
• Resolved: 27/Aug/09 05:58

Description

In my project I did a mistake and I wrote

<dependency>
	<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
	<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
	<version>1.5.0</version>
	<scope>optional</scope>
</dependency>

but in fact I intended to write

<dependency>
	<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
	<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
	<version>1.5.0</version>
	<optional>true</optional>
</dependency>

I'm very surprised that Maven doesn't detect such a mistake during the validate phase. Could it be possible to add a check to allow only valid scopes.

Thanks

Issue Links

• is depended upon by: MANTTASKS-190 dependency scope attribute is not validated
• is duplicated by: MNG-4722 Maven does not validate <scope> values
• is related to: MNG-2391 improve validation of POM elements
• relates to: MNG-4005 Throw Validation Error if pom contains a dependency with two different versions.