Thanks. I suspect you are right, but I will start by looking at the five classes in org.apache.maven.plugin.assembly.filter that already implement it before asking for additional help.
On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 2:03 PM, John Casey <[email protected]> wrote: > On 4/8/12 1:38 PM, Robert Egan wrote: > >> I have a need to catch each file as it is written to the archive, inspect >> it's properties, and report on them. I could do this as post assembly >> step, >> by opening the archive and reading it, but would prefer to do it when the >> assembly occurs. >> >> > You may be looking for a ContainerDescriptorHandler...**if you implement > that interface, wrap it up in a jar, include that jar as a plugin-level > dependency of the assembly plugin in your project, then reference that in > your assembly's containerDescriptorHandlers section, you should be able to > observe just about anything you want. > > Let me know if you decide to jump into it, I can probably supply examples. > > -- > John Casey > Developer, PMC Chair - Apache Maven (http://maven.apache.org) > Blog: http://www.johnofalltrades.**name/<http://www.johnofalltrades.name/> >
