On Tue, 2004-01-06 at 13:58, Steve Garcia wrote:
> > > Now, if project B's pom is stored in the local repo with no
> > properties
> > > resolved (i.e. the pom file is not the interpolated
> > version) then project
> > > A needs to have definitions for these properties. This would not be
> > > possible unless the properties files are also made
> > available in the local
> > > repo, or if the repo version of the pom had been interpolated.
> >
> > I honestly haven't seen many <dependencies/> elements that
> > require property interpolation. Do you have cases that
> > require interpolation within the dependencies?
> >
> > > Also, if project B's pom states that it extends (for example)
> > > ${basedir}/../../project.xml, how does project A get access
> > to the correct
> > > parent definition?
> >
> > This was overcome in the plexus component builds by actually
> > extending POMs located in the local repository. So as part of
> > your build process you install the necessary POMs before any
> > child considerations. This was in fact done to deal with the
> > scenerio you outline above.
>
> Can you (briefly) explain how this works? I'm not thoroughly aware of
> Plexus and I even browsed the source code from ViewCVS from the link you
> provided below and I'm not sure where to look because there is a ton of code
> in the codehaus Plexus project.
plexus-components
http://cvs.codehaus.org/viewcvs.cgi/plexus/plexus-components/?root=codehaus
> > > The only solution I can see is for installed poms to be fully
> > > interpolated
> > > and extended to include the parent info before being
> > serialised to the
> > > repo. I get the feeling that I'm missing something here,
> > I'd appreciate it
> > > if you could try to fill in the gaps. :)
> >
> > I think extension from the local repository solves this
> > problem, but I would still like to know if you are using
> > interpolation within the dependnecy elements themselves as
> > that is something I would like to formally limit if possible.
> >
> > > I'd be more than happy to take on some of the effort - just
> > drop me a
> > > line
> > > with the details.
> >
> > You might want to take a quick peek at the plexus build which
> > works with POMs installed in the local repository and see if
> > the use case you have in mind would work with the assumptions
> > with the plexus component build and then we can go from
> > there. I'm also always in IRC on irc.codehaus.org#maven if
> > you want to chat.
> >
> > The plexus stuff is here:
> >
> http://cvs.codehaus.org/viewcvs.cgi/plexus/?root=codehaus
>
> > Cheers,
> > Mike
> >
> > __________________________
> > Mike Melia
> > ThoughtWorks Inc.
> > http://www.thoughtworks.com
> > mobile: +61 0421 581 959
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