[MNG-6395] maven.ext.class.path should honor class path wildcards
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Description
**[James Z.M. Gao](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=gzm55)** opened **[MNG-6395](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-6395?redirect=false)** and commented
`-Dmaven.ext.class.path='/path/*'` now does not load all jars in `/path`. If we can support wildcards like `java -classpath` does, the cli arguments may be clean in some cases.
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**Affects:** 3.5.3
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Research direction
Start by locating Maven's handling of the maven.ext.class.path CLI argument and compare it with Java -classpath wildcard behavior. Confirm the expected behavior for '/path/*', then verify that all matching JARs in /path are loaded when the change is complete.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- build-system, cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100