WPILib publishes its built artifacts to our Maven server for use by downstream projects. This document explains these locations, and the meanings of artifact names, classifiers, and versions.
We provide two repositories. These repositories are:
- (Release) https://frcmaven.wpi.edu/artifactory/release/
- (Development) https://frcmaven.wpi.edu/artifactory/development/
The release repository is where official WPILib releases are pushed. The development repository is where development releases of every commit to main is pushed.
We provide two base types of artifacts.
The first types are Java artifacts. These are usually published as jar
files. Usually, the actual jar file is published with no classifier. The sources are published with the -sources
classifier, and the javadocs are published with the -javadoc
classifier.
The second types are native artifacts. These are usually published as zip
files (except for the JNI
artifact types, which are jar
files. See below for information on this). The -sources
and -headers
classifiers contain the sources and headers respecively for the library. Each artifact also contains a classifier for each platform we publish. This platform is in the format {os}{arch}
. The platform artifact only contains the binaries for a specific platform. In addition, we provide a -all
classifier. This classifer combines all of the platform artifacts into a single artifact. This is useful for tools that cannot determine what version to use during builds. However, we recommend using the platform specific classifier when possible. Note that the binary artifacts never contain the headers, you always need the -headers
classifier to get those.
WPILib builds four different types of artifacts.
When we publish C++ only libraries, they are published with the base artifact name as their artifact name, with a -cpp
extension. All dependencies for the library are linked as shared libraries to the binary.
Example:
edu.wpi.first.wpilibc:wpilibc-cpp:version:classifier@zip
When we publish Java only libraries, they are published with the base artifact name as their artifact name, with a -java
extension.
Example:
edu.wpi.first.wpilibj:wpilibj-java:version
For libraries that are both C++ and Java, but without a JNI component, the C++ component is published with the basename-cpp
artifact name, and the Java component is published with the basename-java
artifact name.
Example:
edu.wpi.first.wpiutil:wpiutil-cpp:version:classifier@zip (C++)
edu.wpi.first.wpiutil:wpiutil-java:version (Java)
For libraries that are both C++ and Java with a JNI component there are three different artifact names. For Java, the component is published as basename-java
. For C++, the basename-cpp
artifact contains the C++ artifacts with all dependencies linked as shared libraries to the binary. These binaries DO contain the JNI entry points. The basename-jni
artifact contains identical C++ binaries to the -cpp
artifact, however all of its dependencies are statically linked, and only the JNI and C entry points are exported.
The -jni
artifact should only be used in cases where you want to create a self contained Java application where the native artifacts are embedded in the jar. Note in an extraction scenario, extending off of the library is never supported, which is why the C++ entry points are not exposed. The name of the library is randomly generated during extraction. For pretty much all cases, and if you ever want to extend from a native library, you should use the -cpp
artifacts. GradleRIO uses the -cpp
artifacts for all platforms, even desktop, for this reason.
Example:
edu.wpi.first.ntcore:ntcore-cpp:version:classifier@zip (C++)
edu.wpi.first.ntcore:ntcore-jni:version:classifier (JNI jar library)
edu.wpi.first.ntcore:ntcore-java:version (Java)
This repository provides the following artifacts. Below each artifact is its dependencies. Note if ever using the -jni
artifacts, no dependencies are needed for native binaries.
For C++, if building with static dependencies, the listed order should be the link order in your linker.
All artifacts are based at edu.wpi.first.artifactname
in the repository.
-
wpiutil
-
hal
- wpiutil
-
halsim
- imgui
- wpiutil
-
ntcore
- wpiutil
-
cscore
- opencv
- wpiutil
-
cameraserver
- ntcore
- cscore
- opencv
- wpiutil
-
wpilibj
- hal
- cameraserver
- ntcore
- cscore
- wpiutil
-
wpilibc
- hal
- cameraserver
- ntcore
- cscore
- wpiutil
-
wpilibNewCommands
- wpilibc
- hal
- cameraserver
- ntcore
- cscore
- wpiutil
-
wpilibNewCommands
- wpilibc
- hal
- cameraserver
- ntcore
- cscore
- wpiutil
This repository provides the builds of the following third party software.
All artifacts are based at edu.wpi.first.thirdparty.frcYEAR
in the repository.
- googletest
- imgui
- opencv