That was my original intent, but my next step was to try and get from the remote repo so this actually is perfect. I think for some cases it might be safer to retrieve from the remote repo by the plugin as opposed to setting an actual dependancy on the other phases. In my case, this thing I retrieve should not be in the classpath.
Thanks for the pointers guys. Is there anywhere that this stuff is documented? I tried the javadocs but there isn't much to see that I can't already see with eclipse. -----Original Message----- From: Brett Porter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 3:41 PM To: Maven Developers List Subject: Re: Instantiate artifact I think you are only copying from the local repository though, so you can omit the remote repo and resolver. - Brett John Casey wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > You'll need parameters like this: > > /** > ~ * @component > ~ */ > private org.apache.maven.artifact.factory.ArtifactFactory factory; > > /** > ~ * @component > ~ */ > private org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.ArtifactResolver resolver; > > /** > ~ * @parameter expression="${localRepository}" > ~ * @readonly > ~ * @required > ~ */ > private org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepository local; > > /** > ~ * @parameter expression="${project.remoteArtifactRepositories}" > ~ * @readonly > ~ * @required > ~ */ > private java.util.List remoteRepos; > > > and then use it like this: > > > > org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact artifact; > > artifact = factory.createArtifact( groupId, > ~ artifactId, > ~ version, > ~ scope, > ~ type ); > > resolver.resolve( artifact, remoteRepos, local ); > > > > This will impose the following dependencies on your plugin: > > org.apache.maven:maven-artifact:2.0 > org.apache.maven:maven-artifact-manager:2.0 > > HTH, > > John > > Brian E. Fox wrote: > | Hello, > | I'm trying to create a plugin and the first thing I need to do is > | copy something from the repository to a folder so I can manipulate > | it. I'm trying to define my plugin configuration like this: > | <configuration> > | > | <groupId>junit</groupId> > | > | <artifactId>junit</artifactId> > | > | <version>3.8.1</version> > | > | </configuration> > | > | > | > | Now what I'd like to do is get an Artifact instance that represents > | this object so I can call getFile(). I've tried many different ways > | of calling artifactFactory.createArtifact with out luck. Can someone > | show me or point me to how to figure this out? > | > | Here is what I have currently: > | > | > | System.out.println("group:"+groupId+"Art:"+artifactId+"version:"+ver > | sion > | ); > | this.artifactFactory = new DefaultArtifactFactory(); > | > | > | > | Artifact artifact = artifactFactory.createArtifact > | (groupId,artifactId,version,"jar",Artifact.SCOPE_COMPILE); > | > | > | System.out.println("Path:"+artifact.getFile().getAbsolutePath()); > | > | > | > | I'm not sure if directly using the DefaultArtifactFactory is the > | right way, but I'm not sure how to get an instance from anywhere else. > | > | Is there an api reference for all the maven components somewhere? I > | think thats the most complicated part...trying to figure out what to > | use and then how to use it. > | > | > | > | Thanks, > | > | Brian > | > | > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFDaRRcK3h2CZwO/4URAjC+AKCfKVT0jlZkY3cV7LfjQoSuU46rmwCfQlaM > WFs4N32pAd/eZiSraK0UqHY= > =Qw2Z > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
