Gert, I've created the following JIRA issue to request the functionality to create a feature for the current artifact:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FELIX-1113 Thanks for your help. Jim On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Gert Vanthienen <gert.vanthie...@gmail.com>wrote: > Jim, > > Yeah, that's basically correct -- it generates a feature descriptor > for the direct dependencies of the project. For an example, have a > look at > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/servicemix/smx4/features/trunk/camel/camel-features/ > which generates a features descriptor for all the Camel components. > > In the latest plugin 1.2-SNAPSHOT version, the discovery of bundles in > the dependencies happens before the generation process starts, also > taking into account transitive dependencies. > > It would indeed make sense to improve the generator to build a feature > for the current artifact -- could you raise a JIRA issue for that in > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FELIX (component Karaf, which is > the new name/location for the ServiceMix Kernel project)? > > Regards, > > Gert Vanthienen > ------------------------ > Open Source SOA: http://fusesource.com > Blog: http://gertvanthienen.blogspot.com/ > > > > 2009/4/29 Jim Breen <jbreen.gro...@gmail.com>: > > Gert, > > > > Thanks very much. Is there an example anywhere for the > > generate-features-xml goal? > > > > Here's what I'm trying: > > > > <plugin> > > <groupId>org.apache.servicemix.tooling</groupId> > > <artifactId>features-maven-plugin</artifactId> > > <executions> > > <execution> > > <phase>compile</phase> > > <goals> > > <goal>generate-features-xml</goal> > > </goals> > > <configuration> > > <kernelVersion>1.1.0</kernelVersion> > > <!-- > > <bundles>target/classes/bundles.properties</bundles> > > --> > > </configuration> > > </execution> > > </executions> > > </plugin> > > > > Is the format of the <bundles> file just a list of bundles in the form: > > groupId/artifactId/version/type? > > > > I was hoping that this goal would generate a feature for my project's > > artifact. However, the behavior seems to be the following: > > - Create a feature for every direct dependency of the current project. > > - Add direct dependencies to list of known bundles as they are processed. > > - Find bundles that implement the feature bundle's package requirements > from > > the list of known bundles, and add those bundles to the feature > definition. > > - Attach the generated XML file as an artifact of the project > > > > Is this accurate? Is there anyway to create a features configuration for > > the project's artifact? > > > > Also, the automatic bundle discovery seems to only look at the the first > > level of transitive dependencies. Is that correct? > > > > Thanks, > > Jim > > > > > > > > On Apr 28, 2009, at 3:44 PM, Gert Vanthienen wrote: > > > >> Jim, > >> > >> I'm afraid there's no documentation on the features-maven-plugin > >> currently -- making a note on my todo list now to do it soon if nobody > >> beats me to it. > >> > >> Currently, the plugin has two goals that are more or less useful: > >> - add-features-to-repo allows you to seed a maven repository with all > >> the bundles required for a given set of features - it can help you > >> build your own package/distribution. For an example, look at the > >> features/assembly pom.xml > >> - generate-features-xml generates a features.xml file for a given > >> maven artifact, by looking into the OSGi imports for the artifacts and > >> figuring out which bundles to add for satisfying all the requirements > >> > >> For the near future, we're planning to add: > >> - a validate goal to validate a features.xml file for consistency (do > >> all the bundles exist, have all the OSGi imports been met...) > >> - goals to install/uninstall features using the JMX Features MBean > >> that's in ServiceMix Kernel. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Gert Vanthienen > >> ------------------------ > >> Open Source SOA: http://fusesource.com > >> Blog: http://gertvanthienen.blogspot.com/ > >> > >> > >> > >> 2009/4/28 Jim Breen <jbreen.gro...@gmail.com>: > >>> > >>> Is there any documentation for the features-maven-plugin? I see an > >>> example > >>> of how it's used in the SMX4 pom.xml, but I'd like to know more about > >>> it's > >>> capabilities. > >>> > >>> Thanks for any info, > >>> > >>> Jim > >>> > > > > >
