I can tell you that parent POM configuration is the way to go. I believe XML is very well understandable format for devs and non-devs as well. I think it's worth to teach people reading this staff rather then teaching them MOJO plugin maintenance and custom config.
On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 6:07 PM, Stian Soiland-Reyes <[email protected]> wrote: > So I guess you mean > > https://maven.apache.org/surefire/maven-surefire-plugin/examples/configuring-classpath.html > > How can I modify the surefire configuration from a different plugin? > > > My aim with this plugin is for someone to be able to make a data > archive in a one-go plugin configuration, and then to be able to do > src/test/java type junit tests. (but also adding support for > additional scripting languages like jRuby and Jython) > > The Assembly plugin is a bit of a beast for non-Maven experts to deal > with, so it doesn't (on its own) achieve this goal. My plugin could > try to use it by stealth, of course. > > Is it possible for one plugin to inject configuration for a second > plugin? I know I can activate a plugin goal from > plexus/components.xml, but how can I provide its configuration? > > > Within the tests I want to be able to do say > getClass().getResourceAsStream("data/my-artifact/data.csv") to access > resources from the ZIP file. > > > Here's an example of using the data-plugin with a unit tests: > > https://github.com/openphacts/ops-uniprot-linksets/tree/data-plugin > > > I used the additionalClassPathElement, but then I had to do things like: > > <configuration> > <additionalClasspathElements> > > > <additionalClasspathElement>${project.build.directory}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}.data.zip</additionalClasspathElement> > </additionalClasspathElements> > </configuration> > > I would love for my data-maven-plugin to be able to inject this kind of > magic. > > I know it can be put in a super-pom, but different projects that might > want to use this data plugins might have different super-poms. > > > > On 6 October 2015 at 10:11, Tibor Digana <[email protected]> wrote: > > test classpath can be extended by extraordinary JAR. > > Did you see surefire documentation? > > It's described there. > > > > On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 11:06 AM, Stian Soiland-Reyes-2 [via Maven] < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Hi! > >> > >> I'm developing a Maven plugin for a custom <packaging> > >> > >> https://github.com/stain/data-maven-plugin > >> > >> Is it possible for a plugin to add a JAR file to the test classpath? > I've > >> tried to modify project.getArtifacts() from the INITIALIZATION stage, > >> without luck. > >> > >> Catch: the JAR file is the project artifact, and is made during the > >> compile > >> stage as I want to test it during the test stage. > >> > >> (The reason for this is that this plugin supports making ZIP archives of > >> data files, which could be large and therefore I want to avoid copying > >> them > >> to target/classes.) > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------ > >> If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the discussion > >> below: > >> > >> > http://maven.40175.n5.nabble.com/Modifying-test-classpath-from-Maven-plugin-tp5847294.html > >> To start a new topic under Maven Developers, email > >> [email protected] > >> To unsubscribe from Maven Developers, click here > >> < > http://maven.40175.n5.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=unsubscribe_by_code&node=142166&code=dGlib3JkaWdhbmFAYXBhY2hlLm9yZ3wxNDIxNjZ8LTI4OTQ5MjEwMg== > > > >> . > >> NAML > >> < > http://maven.40175.n5.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=macro_viewer&id=instant_html%21nabble%3Aemail.naml&base=nabble.naml.namespaces.BasicNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NabbleNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NodeNamespace&breadcrumbs=notify_subscribers%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-instant_emails%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-send_instant_email%21nabble%3Aemail.naml > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > -- > > View this message in context: > http://maven.40175.n5.nabble.com/Modifying-test-classpath-from-Maven-plugin-tp5847294p5847296.html > > Sent from the Maven Developers mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > -- > Stian Soiland-Reyes > Apache Taverna (incubating), Apache Commons RDF (incubating) > http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9842-9718 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- Cheers Tibor
