How can I build Maven dependencies from Ant Java classpath?

Question

Using Maven Ant Tasks, I see lots of examples that build Ant classpath from Maven dependencies, but what about the other way round?

I have a carefully tuned Ant project that builds the Java task classpath from all the jars in my lib directory. How can I use Maven-Ant-tasks to use my classpath to build Maven dependencies?

I would rather not do each jar file individually (my last resort). Is there a better way?

Answer 1

If you're working on converting from Ant to Maven, just bite the bullet and write out your <dependencies> section to match your ant classpath. You only have to do it once, and you'll thank yourself many times over.