No documentation on how to configure custom settings.xml for Aether

[shelan]

If someone needs to use a custom settings.xml there is no documentation available on how to do it. According to the code in https://github.com/jcabi/jcabi-aether/blob/master/src/main/java/com/jcabi/aether/Aether.java

Method settings() suggest several ways. This is important as some operating systems have different locations to store user's settings.xml. Further to write integration tests a developer may need to use custom settings.xml

eg: System.getProperty("org.apache.maven.user-settings") is one such property we can override.

[dmarkov]

@yegor256 please dispatch this issue

[yegor256]

@shelan I'm not sure I understand. First, where this "method settings()" is coming from? What class? Second, how settings.xml are related to the class Aether?

[shelan]

@yegor256 settings() methods is here.
https://github.com/jcabi/jcabi-aether/blob/master/src/main/java/com/jcabi/aether/Aether.java#L374

It is being used to get the proxy configuration/ other configurations to populate repository objects.

https://github.com/jcabi/jcabi-aether/blob/master/src/main/java/com/jcabi/aether/Aether.java#L218

https://github.com/jcabi/jcabi-aether/blob/master/src/main/java/com/jcabi/aether/Aether.java#L196

Therefore if someone is having settings.xml for maven configuration in a different location there will be problems. Further if someone wants to use a custom settings.xml temporary the settings() methods location hierarchy will be helpful