JARs

ES4X runs on a JVM, so adding or using jars from Maven Central is simple to add. This feature is useful, for example when we need to add runtime libraries that have no npm counter part, or are just support libraries. As an example, we can in some cases improve the IO performance of vert.x by adding native-transports (opens new window) to the runtime.

{
  "name": "benchmark",
  "version": "0.12.0",
  "private": true,
  "main": "index.js",
  "dependencies": {
    "@vertx/core": "3.9.2"
  },
  "mvnDependencies": [
    "io.netty:netty-transport-native-epoll:jar:linux-x86_64:4.1.49.Final"
  ]
}

By adding mvnDependencies array to the package json, those dependencies are added to the application runtime. The format is the usual for maven:

group:artifact[:type][:classifier]:version

• group the organization that owns the module
• artifact the module per se
• type optional file type
• classifier optional classifier, this allows having distinct modules for specific roles
• version the module version