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Why use Gradle instead of Ant or Maven? [closed]

What does another build tool targeted at Java really get me? If you use Gradle over another tool, why? (See also Why use Buildr instead of Ant or Maven)
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Dealing with “Xerces hell” in Java/Maven?

In my office, the mere mention of the word Xerces is enough to incite murderous rage from developers. A cursory glance at the other Xerces questions on SO seem to indicate that almost all Maven users ...
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5answers
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Find Oracle JDBC driver in Maven repository

I want to add the oracle jdbc driver to my project as dependency (runtime scope) - ojdbc14. In MVNrepository site the dependency to put in the POM is: <dependency> ...
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2answers
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is guava-libraries available in maven repo?

I am looking to find guava-libraries in maven repository. It looks like guava is adding more features to google-collections library.
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3answers
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Disable Maven warning message - “Selected war files include a WEB-INF/web.xml which will be ignored”

When I build my WAR package using Maven 2.1.1, I get this warning message: [WARNING] Warning: selected war files include a WEB-INF/web.xml which will be ig nored (webxml attribute is missing from war ...
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5answers
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What is Maven artifact?

I am trying to understand Maven a little. Can someone please explain what is an artifact and why does Maven need them?
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15answers
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Why is no one using make for Java?

Just about every Java project that I've seen either uses Maven or Ant. They are fine tools and I think just about any project can use them. But what ever happened to make? It's used for a variety ...
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12answers
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SASS implementation for Java?

I'm looking for SASS implementation in Java (could be used with JSP/JSF). For Python I've found CleverCSS, but there is nothing for Java. Anyone heard something about this sort of tool for generating ...
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2answers
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Maven does not find JUnit tests to run

I have a simple program for which maven compiles it and its tests fine, but when I run mvn test it does not run any tests (under TETSTs header says There are no tests to run.). I've recreated this ...
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6answers
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Difference of Maven JAXB plugins

I have determined that two JAXB plugins for Maven 2 exist, with some different configurations. The one is from Sun: http://jaxb.dev.java.net/jaxb-maven2-plugin/, the other from Codehaus: ...
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8answers
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leiningen - how to add dependencies for local jars?

I want to use leiningen to build and develop my clojure project. Is there a way to modify project.clj to tell it to pick some jars from local directories? I have some proprietary jars that cannot be ...
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4answers
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What exactly is a Maven Snapshot and why do we need it?

I am a bit confused about the meaning of a Maven Snapshot and why we build one? Why do we have different profiles for artifacts? I guess these two questions are related. It would be great if someone ...
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23answers
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Build failed question - maven - jre or jdk problem

I have my JAVA_HOME set to C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.6.0_18 After I run maven install I get this message from eclipse: Reason: Unable to locate the Javac Compiler in: C:\Program Files ...
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3answers
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Maven with Eclipse Juno

I just upgraded to Eclipse Juno. The Maven plugin seems to be missing. Does anybody know how to get it?
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5answers
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After Installing Java JDK 7 For Mac OS X - mvn -version still shows java version 1.6.0_31

Oracle released Java JDK 7 on April 26 for Mac OS X. I followed the install instructions and when I do java -version in a terminal window I get: java version "1.7.0_04" Java(TM) SE Runtime ...

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