a more formal property definition such as this would make validating properties and generation of documentation easier.
I'd like to add some mechanism for specifying allowed values and a default value Martin van den Bemt wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Even though I am not a committer, I call a vote on this one..;) > > I am working on integration of Maven in Eclipse (and maybe later > netbeans) > One of the biggest problems is that I cannot ask Maven all the > information about properties that you can set to override the default > behaviour. Since there is property documentation in an xdocs xml file, I > had a an idea : > Move the property information to eg a properties.xml in a the format, > which you can easily use to generate the documentation and to actually > parse the file for generating a gui on the fly in an IDE. > <properties> > <group name="User Settings"> > <group-description>blah</group-description> > <property> > <name>lib.repo</name> > <type>String/Dir/boolean</type> > <optional>true</optional> > <description>blahblah</description> > </property> > </group> > </properties> > > This is my general idea of the setup (naming conventions could be > better, but since I don't have any brain, I leave that people with a > brain) > All the tags can be used for documentation generation, so I will not > mention that at every point mentioned below. > - I need the groupname and description to generate the tabs/settings > pages for those properties. > - I need the group-description for (online) help > - I need the property name to know what to read (and where) > - I need the type to determine what people can fill in > - I need to need if the thing is optional. > - I need to know the description to explain what the option is for > > This way I don't have to recode all the properties and doing work that > is already been done, although in a bit of different way. > > Can someone please provide feedback for this, since I will not create > this without review/discussion and to be said no to after I finish it. > So if you think it is not the right solution : come up with another or > better one , since this kind of stuff is really necessary for usefull > maven IDE integration. > > I'll say to all : Let the voting begin ;) > > Mvgr, > Martin > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
