<path id=”test.classpath“>
   <path path=”${test.dir}”/>
   <fileset dir=”${config.dir}/lib”>
    <include name=”*-all.jar” />
   </fileset>
  </path>
  <property name=”current.test.classpath” refid=”test.classpath“/>
  
                <echo level=”info”> message=”test.classpath=${current.test.classpath}” </echo>

I had a peculiar problem with Maven 2.0, my builds were working fine and one fine monday morning, I got a problem

Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Not a valid URL: file:/C:/Documents and Settings/rnallakukkala/.m2

/repository/com/dpwn/newops/server/core/model/1.0-SNAPSHOT/model- 1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
at org.jboss.util.file.ArchiveBrowser.getBrowser(Unknown Source)
at org.hibernate.ejb.Ejb3Configuration.scanForClasses(Ejb3Configuration.java:588)
… 75 more
Caused by: java.net.URISyntaxException : Illegal character in path at index 18: file:/C:/Documents and Settings/rnallakukkala/.m2/repository/com/dpwn/newops/server/core/model/1.0-SNAPSHOT/model-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
at java.net.URI$Parser.fail(URI.java:2816)
at java.net.URI$Parser.checkChars(URI.java:2989)
at java.net.URI$Parser.parseHierarchical(URI.java:3073)
at java.net.URI$Parser.parse(URI.java:3021)
at java.net.URI.<init>(URI.java:578)

when trying to look for a dependency jar (this dependency jar is available in my local repository)

Additional Information for this problem

• Found that this problem has been reported to maven here
• Root problem is that there is a space in the maven repository path location.
• Related bug has been raised in Java here, unfortunately closed as “will not be fixed”.

Solution

• Change the local repository location to a different path without spaces.

Configuring your Local Repository

• You can specify your user configuration in ${user.home}/.m2/settings.xml
• Location can be modified through the following configuration changes (to the above file)

<settings>

  ...
  <localRepository>/path/to/local/repo/</localRepository>
  ...
</settings>