What is the difference between the maven scope compile and provided when artifact is built as a JAR? If it was WAR, I'd understand - the artifact would be included or not in WEB-INF/lib. But in case of a JAR it doesn't matter - dependencies aren't included. They have to be on classpath when their scope is compile or provided. I know that provided dependencies aren't transitive - but is it only one difference?
Difference between maven scope compile and provided for JAR packaging
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If jar file is like executable spring boot jar file then scope of all dependencies must be compile to include all jar files.
But if jar file used in other packages or applications then it does not need to include all dependencies in jar file because these packages or applications can provide other dependencies themselves.
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