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Robert Scholte commented on MPLUGIN-352:
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In my mind I thought this was about showing a sample of a complete
<configuration> to the console, but this is much more, including
- interactive (similar to maven-archetype I guess)
- updating the pom.
I assume it would be a subset of the available parameters, as you don't want to
ask for all properties one by one, see
https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-javadoc-plugin/javadoc-mojo.html
A new annotation is the first thing that comes to my mind, but this is quite a
huge task.
> Add support for :config goal for all plugins
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>
> Key: MPLUGIN-352
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPLUGIN-352
> Project: Maven Plugin Tools
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: API, maven-plugin-annotations, Metadata Model, Plugin
> Plugin
> Affects Versions: 3.6.0
> Reporter: Bruno Borges
> Priority: Major
>
> Maven Plugins often require a <configuration> element that must be provided
> by the user, either manually edited or usually copy/pasted. Some plugins are
> well known by IDEs and this element can be auto-completed fairly well. But in
> general, the <configuration> element has no XML Schema support, and
> developers have to rely on documentation, sometimes complex, in how to set up
> the different elements and values.
> The Azure Web App Maven plugin introduced in version 1.6.0 a :config goal
> that provides users with an interactive mode in the command line that guides
> users through the many different options and deployment models. Then
> generates the <configuration> element and updates the pom.xml file on behalf
> of the user.
> https://github.com/microsoft/azure-maven-plugins/blob/master/azure-webapp-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/microsoft/azure/maven/webapp/ConfigMojo.java
> Currently, there is no standard way for plugins to define a configuration
> goal.
> This feature can provide the foundation for this goal, where plugins simply
> have to define the structure and data schema, and the :config goal can be
> abstracted well enough for 80-90% of all plugins.
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