[NETBEANS-1540] Declare as direct dependency should be default for transitive dependencies

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: Next
• Component/s: projects - Maven
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Christian Lenz
• Created: 24/Oct/18 11:41
• Updated: 24/Oct/18 13:47

Description

Here is a dummy code of an action from a maven based NetBeans module: https://pastebin.com/bh2HmtB5. As you can see, i use FileObject. First I get the warning inside of the Java editor:

Package from transitive module dependency referenced, declare a direct dependency to fix.

When I try to build the project I got this error:

[INFO] NBM Plugin generates manifest
[ERROR] Project uses classes from transitive module org.netbeans.api:org-openide-filesystems:jar:RELEASE82 which will not be accessible at runtime.
[INFO]     To fix the problem, add this module as direct dependency. For OSGi bundles that are supposed to be wrapped in NetBeans modules, use the useOSGiDependencies=false parameter

Yes I already know how to fix this, but if this is an error, right after I created a maven based netbeans module and I have to fix it by my own, because of the transitive dependency, why is it not default a direct dependency? I mean I have to fix it anyway? Is there a real reason, where it is possible that it stays as a transitive dependency?

Due to that this is a must have to fix it manually, to trigger the build, IMHO it is a have to, to make it default, to not getting errors, when I add this dependency.

Cheers

Chris