So is my best bet to make a OS Process, collect the output and parse the text to get files created like the following maven run snippet:
Tests run: 3, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0 [INFO] [INFO] --- maven-jar-plugin:2.4:jar (default-jar) @ CmdLineCalc --- [INFO] Building jar: /Users/dev1/u/w/github/tgkprog/mavenSampleCalcCmdLineProject/CmdLineCalc/target/CmdLineCalc-1.jar [INFO] META-INF/maven/s2n.sample.calc.cmdLine/CmdLineCalc/pom.xml already added, skipping [INFO] META-INF/maven/s2n.sample.calc.cmdLine/CmdLineCalc/pom.properties already added, skipping [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] BUILD SUCCESS [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Total time: 1.659 s [INFO] Finished at: 2017-03-07T15:46:32+05:30 [INFO] Final Memory: 16M/212M [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- if I see a BUILD SUCCESS, then work back a few lines to find jars, wars, etc? On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 4:59 PM, Thomas Broyer <t.bro...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 11:59 AM Tushar Kapila <tgkp...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> hello >> >> I would like to get output binaries -how many/ name and output paths, >> of an arbitrary maven project. It could have multiple ways / profiles >> of being built (for example client jar, service app and front end war >> file, the way to build these will be with me, provided in a build.json >> file with in my own format, by the project maintainer. >> >> Is there a way, to not build the project, nor make a plugin, but some >> how query maven, giving it the profile and the pom.xml as input, and >> getting the list of project artifacts of the package step? In some it >> could be the default jar, in others a war file but not with the >> artifact's name (over ridden output file name). >> >> A project can have many profiles, if it has any, I will have >> information on one or more profile names I'm interested in. >> >> Even if a plugin changes the exact name or path of a output binary, >> will the maven API still know the new path? Let's assume its a well >> behaved standard plugin like the jar plugin? >> > > Due to the way Maven is designed, it has no knowledge of the outputs (nor > even the inputs!) of a plugin, including whether and which artifact(s) will > be attached, without actually running the mojo. > You could possibly infer it, but it would require precise knowledge of all > the plugins used in the build and how they use their configurations > (including parsing plugin-specific files such as assembly descriptors for > the maven-assembly-plugin). -- Regards Tushar Kapila --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org