import java.io.*; boolean result = true; // verify that transitive deps of the POM dep were included. result = result && new File( basedir, "target/including-sar-dependency-1.0-SNAPSHOT-bin.dir/lib/xmlrpc.jar" ).exists(); result = result && new File( basedir, "target/including-sar-dependency-1.0-SNAPSHOT-bin.dir/lib/plexus-xmlrpc.jar" ).exists(); result = result && new File( basedir, "target/including-sar-dependency-1.0-SNAPSHOT-bin.dir/lib/plexus-appserver-service-xmlrpc.sar/lib/commons-codec-1.3.jar" ).exists(); return result;