New Software Alert!

Have you ever needed to find out exactly where a piece of Java software was being used?

I've just released an open-source project to allow someone specify the artefact they're interested in, and provide a Maven repository.

The uility then searches the repo and reports on all artefacts that use the specified artefact, returning a list of uses, along with version information.

It's designed for that situation where you've just released a version with a major fix, or a major improvement, and you need to know which of your other projects need to be updated. It's also great for impact analysis of major change e.g. moving between versions of Junit.

Read all about it, and access the code at :

https://github.com/TrueDub/maven-usage

It should be available in Maven Central too, with the following coordinates:

<groupId>com.castlemon.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-usage</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0.1</version>