[MASSEMBLY-614] useTransitiveFiltering implemented contrarily

**[Joerg Schaible](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=joehni)** opened **[MASSEMBLY-614](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MASSEMBLY-614?redirect=false)** and commented

useTransitiveFiltering is implemented wrongly, it filters when set to false and does not filter when set to true.

One of the declared dependencies in the project is this:

```xml

com.sun.xml.ws
jaxws-rt
2.2.6

```

The assembly descriptor is:

```xml

false
false
true
false

*:jaxws*

```

The result contains only the jar for jaxws-rt, but not its dependencies. Setting useTransitiveFiltering to true, then all dependencies are included. It works quite contrary to the documentation and the implicit property name.

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**Affects:** 2.3

**Issue Links:**
- [MASSEMBLY-864](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MASSEMBLY-864) Dependencies specified in activeByDefault profile not picked up.

4 votes, 10 watchers

Start by locating the implementation and tests for the dependencySet useTransitiveFiltering option in the Maven Assembly Plugin. Reproduce the XML example with jaxws-rt, compare both true and false settings with the documented behavior, and consider the issue done when filtering semantics and coverage match the documentation.

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