SBT plugin fragment implementing utility command to read `pom.xml` and convert `<dependency/>` elements to SBT format.

pom2sbt.scala

// NB: Requires SBT >= 0.13.5
package pomhelpers

import sbt._
import Keys._
import sbt.complete.Parser
import sbt.complete.DefaultParsers._

object ExtractMvnDependencies extends AutoPlugin {
    override def trigger = allRequirements
    override lazy val projectSettings = Seq(commands ++= Seq(pomLibs2Sbt))

    val Pom2SbtCommand = "pom2sbt"
    val Pom2SbtHelp = "<pom-xml-fragment>"

    // **How should this be constructed to handle mult-line inputs?**
    val MultiLineCommandInputParser: Parser[String] =  
        OptSpace ~> (StringBasic | StringVerbatim)

    lazy val pomLibs2Sbt = Command(
        Pom2SbtCommand, 
        Help((Pom2SbtCommand, Pom2SbtHelp)))(_ => MultiLineCommandInputParser) { (state , xmlFrag) =>

        val sbtdeps = pomXml2SbtDsl(xmlFrag)
        println(sbtdeps.mkString("\n"))
        state
    }


    /** Convert POM string to SBT form. */
    private def pomXml2SbtDsl(xmlFrag: String): Seq[String] = {
        import scala.xml._
        val deps = XML.loadString(xmlFrag) \\ "dependency"
        deps map ((dependency) => {
            val coords = Seq("groupId", "artifactId", "version", "scope")
            val coordParts = coords.map(coord => (dependency \ coord).text.trim).filter(_.nonEmpty)
            coordParts.mkString("\"", "\" % \"", "\"")
        })
    }
}