On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 9:08 PM, Brown, Carlton < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > -----Original Message----- > > From: Xavier Hanin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 2:59 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Status of ivy repository > > > > On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 10:48 PM, Brown, Carlton < > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Xavier Hanin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 3:27 PM > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Subject: Re: Status of ivy repository > > > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 8:30 PM, Brown, Carlton < > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I would like to know every case where Ivy can read a Maven pom > > > > > file and use this information for resolution, file generation, > > > > or any other > > > > > purpose. > > > > > > > > Ivy understand poms as it understands ivy files: you have > > parser for > > > > each, and you can do pretty much everything supported by > > each format > > > > with both. > > > > Whenever your file has a pom extension, Ivy will use the > > pom parser. > > > > > > You're referring to the ibiblio resolver, right? Or is there some > > > other place when ivy would implicitly use the pom file? > > > > It doesn't really depend on the resolver... well, ibiblio > > resolver in m2compatible mode actually attempts to find a > > module descriptor using the pom extension, so you don't have > > to do anything special. But if you configure any resolver > > with a pattern for "ivy" ending with .pom, it will use the > > pom parser to parse it. The name "ivy" for the pattern is > > confusing, that's why I suggested to accept "descriptor" or > > "metadata" as an alternative. But it already works like that, > > you can use any module descriptor format in any resolver, you > > just have to supply the good parser (ivy files and poms being > > supported out of the box, but you can plug your own). > > What if I have a repository where some artifacts have ivy files and > others have pom files? An ibiblio resolver cannot declare an ivy > pattern, and a url resolver cannot declare usepoms=true. I guess I > could have 2 different resolvers point to the same URL. Or maybe mixing > repositories is just a bad idea? You can use something like that in a URL resolver: <ivy pattern="http://repo/[module]/[revision]/ivy.xml"; /> <ivy pattern="http://repo/[module]/[revision]/[module].pom"; /> And the resolver will be able to locate both types of metadata. Xavier > > > ----------------------------------------- > ==================================================== > This message contains PRIVILEGED and CONFIDENTIAL > information that is intended only for use by the > named recipient. If you are not the named recipient, > any disclosure, dissemination, or action based on > the contents of this message is prohibited. In such > case please notify us and destroy and delete all > copies of this transmission. Thank you. > ==================================================== > -- Xavier Hanin - Independent Java Consultant http://xhab.blogspot.com/ http://ant.apache.org/ivy/ http://www.xoocode.org/
