[MNG-7005] Support Gradle style GAV form for dependencies

**[Chris Caspanello](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=ccaspanello)** opened **[MNG-7005](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-7005?redirect=false)** and commented

 

I'm currently migrating a project from Gradle to Maven.  One thing that makes pom files so large is the typical 5 lines for a dependnecy.  It would be nice to be able to define the dependency similar to Gradle

Instead of :

```java

  myGroup
myArtifact
1.0.0-SNAPSHOT


  anotherGroup
anotherArtifact
1.0.0-SNAPSHOT

```

 

 

It would be less verbose to use a \ block like this:

 

```java

myGruop:myArtifact:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
anotherGroup:anotherArtifact:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT

```

 

I think an improvement like this would make Maven less verbose; one of the things that is attractive about Gradle.

I may be over simplifying this; but under the covers we'd just split the gav block on the semi colon and popoulate the existing dependency model.

 

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