Hi Romain, That makes sense ,Maven 4 focused, with a new API for packaging plugins to declare their dependency decisions.
I'll look into the maveniverse plugin to understand what's already covered before designing the new API layer. Which Slack workspace should I join? Thanks, Hitesh On Thu, 25 Jun 2026 at 12:39, Romain Manni-Bucau <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Hitesh > > Collector listener can be a starting point to get something into motion but > I think the solution should be maven 4 focused because it needs a new api > where the war plugin will say "i used dependencies from project.artifacts > with these custom exclusions and additional jars" (warexcludes and war > overlay cases as examples). > > In maven 3 there is not maven plugin api so can be hard to do cleanly - in > particular "now" we move to maven 4. > > For the question 1, maveniverse plugin does the job so once you add the api > insights you can do a report by packaging plugin (plugin bundling an > archive, dont mix it with maven packaging meaning). > > Hope it makes sense, will be in slack next week if it helps > > > Romain Manni-Bucau > @rmannibucau <https://x.com/rmannibucau> | .NET Blog > <https://dotnetbirdie.github.io/> | Blog <https://rmannibucau.github.io/> > | Old > Blog <http://rmannibucau.wordpress.com> | Github > <https://github.com/rmannibucau> | LinkedIn > <https://www.linkedin.com/in/rmannibucau> | Book > < > https://www.packtpub.com/en-us/product/java-ee-8-high-performance-9781788473064 > > > Javaccino founder (Java/.NET service - contact via linkedin) > > Le jeu. 25 juin 2026, 08:27, hitesh sai <[email protected]> a écrit : > > > Hi Romain and Tamás, > > > > Two quick technical questions before I go deeper: > > > > 1. For capturing Resolver decisions (version mediation, conflict > > resolution) — is DependencyCollectorListener the right hook > > point, or is there a better API in Maven Resolver for the > > Transform step specifically? > > > > 2. For WAR plugin instrumentation on Maven 3.x — is a lifecycle > > listener the right approach, or is there a cleaner extension > > point you'd recommend? > > > > Thanks, > > Hitesh > > > > On Sat, 20 Jun 2026 at 16:36, hitesh sai <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > Thank you for the guidance and support these past few days. Your > > > feedback shaped this idea into something real—and having Mr. Romain > > > as a mentor is incredible. > > > > > > I'm excited to build this tool and contribute to Maven. Feel free to > > > reach out if you'd like to discuss anything—I'm available on the > > > mailing list or you can DM me on GitHub. > > > > > > See you in the code! > > > > > > Best regards, > > > Hitesh Sai > > > GitHub: Hiteshsai007 > > > > > >
