This function will use the maven dependency get funtionality to download a (java) dependency.
download_dependency(dep, group, version, mvn = find_mvn(), java_home, transitive = TRUE)
| dep | Character. The dependency name. This could be the entire name (e.g., group:dependency:version) in which case the other inputs may be omitted. Otherwise it can be just the dependency name (i.e., the part in the middle of the above example). |
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| group | Character. The maven artifact group name. |
| version | Character. The desired version of the dependency. |
| mvn | Character. The path the the maven installation. |
| java_home | Character. Path to java. If not provided the standard install paths (platform dependent) will be checked. |
| transitive | Logical. If |