title: Maven : what is the "runtime" scope purpose?
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    <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7070570/understanding-compile-vs-run-time-dependencies">Understanding Compile- vs Run-time Dependencies</a>  </p>
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  <p>I understand that a dependency with the "runtime" scope will be available at runtime and not at compile time. But I don't understand why you could want that! Why not simply use the "compile" scope instead?</p>
  
  <p>The <a href="http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-dependency-mechanism.html#Dependency_Scope" rel="noreferrer">docs</a> don't really help. Any idea?</p>