Thank you for the implementation hint. I think I see how we are going to do this going forward.
The other part of my question is more about what is Mavenic (ala pythonic) way of specifying a list/array of text input <things> <what-goes-here>text</what-goes-here> </things> Claude On Thu, May 28, 2026 at 5:57 PM Slawomir Jaranowski <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 28 May 2026 at 18:03, Claude Warren <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I am working on the RAT Maven Mojo and have a question about structuring > > options. > > > > In RAT we have the ability to explicitly include and exclude files (as > one > > would expect). So I have defined <inputExcludes> and <inputIncludes>. > > These options then take 1 or more file patterns. > > > > For example: > > > > <inputIncludes> > > <pattern>**/*.txt<pattern> > > <pattern>**/*.md</pattern> > > </inputIncludes> > > <inputExcludes> > > <pattern>target/**</pattern> > > <inputExcludes> > > > > My questions are: > > > > > > 1. What is the Maven standard pattern for options that take multiple > > arguments? > > 2. Is the above example possible? > > 3. Should "pattern" be replaced wiih "inputExclude" and "inputInclude" > > respectively? > > For simple collection parameter you can use arrays [] or collection like > List > > > 4. Does Maven support something like: > > > > <inputIncludes> > > <pattern>**/*.txt<pattern> > > <pattern>**/*.md</pattern> > > <scm>GIT<scm> > > </inputIncludes> > > > > Where "scm" represents a different type of option. Ant has this concept > > but I don't see it in Maven. > > > > yes with more tricky ... for your example > > create > ------------------- > public interface InputType {} > > next class for each item type > > public class Pattern implements InputType { > // set method will be called with value from tag > public void set(String value) { ... } > } > > public class Scm implements InputType { > public void set(String value) { ... } > } > > ------------------- > > Next parameter in mojo: > > @Parameter > private List<InputType> inputIncludes > > You will have a list <inputIncludes> with items of type which were > used in config. > > > https://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-configuring-plugins.html#mapping-collection-types > > > Thank you for your attention, > > Claude > > > > > > > > > > -- > > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/claudewarren > > > > -- > Sławomir Jaranowski > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/claudewarren
