Yes, I will really try to create an initial version of this. Should I post a jira task with the patches as it's progressing? I'm in a project right now that is in desperate use for such a thing so I will probably have some initial code ready quite soon.
BR, Sten Roger Sandvik On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 7:49 PM, Felix Meschberger <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Sten, > > Sten Roger Sandvik schrieb: > > Hi. > > > > I looked at the SCR maven plugin and see that it only supports javadoc > > attributes and not full Java 5 annotations. It would be really nice to > > support this in the plugin. I looked at other projects like Naked OSGi, > but > > did not like that it only supports Java 6 (and the new annotation > mirroring > > API). > > > > So my question is: Has anybody something like this in progress? Using > Java 5 > > annotations instead of javadoc attributes? > > If not, I would really start looking into it. It seems to me that the > > current maven plugin can easily be fitted to include both "styles". Any > > comments on this? > > I am not aware of any one currently working on it. > > In fact, we have been discussing this a few days ago. Basically the > problem is as follows: The outcome of the plugin would still have to be > the component declaration files. But the settings could as well be > defined by annotations instead of JavaDoc tags. > > And yes, I think, the plugin would certainly be able to cope with the > annotation style, too. > > If you would take a stab at it and provide a patch (however partial this > may be at first), it would certainly be welcomed. > > Regards > Felix > > > > > BR, > > Sten Roger Sandvik > > >
