Is there some way to use Plexus injection to accomplish the addition of a custom Velocity tool in an archetype so that archetype:generate can leverage the custom Velocity tool?
I recently read an introductory posting on Plexus injection on the Sonatype blog, however I don't know whether it's possible to use Plexus for the case described above? Sonatype blog article on Plexus injection: Plexus Container Five Minute Tutorial <http://www.sonatype.com/people/2009/05/plexus-container-five-minute-tutorial/> stug23 wrote: > > I am finishing up a multimodule project archetype which needs to do some > minor string transformations based on the standard archetype property > 'rootArtifactId'. > > For example, if rootArtifactId = "purchase-order" the requirement is to > produce a derived string assigned using a Velocity directive. One example > of this might be something like: > > #set( $camelCase = $myCustomTool.capitalize(${rootArtifactId}) ) > > which yields $camelCase = "PurchaseOrder" from $rootArtifactId = > "purchase-order" > > I already have the custom Velocity tool written and working correctly as a > standalone Java program, however I haven't found any specific information > on how to incorporate this custom Velocity tool in an archetype. > > So my question is: "Is it possible to configure a custom Velocity tool in > a VelocityContext and have it available to use during the Velocity > processing part of project instantiation that occurs for > archetype:generate in an archetype?" > > If the answer is yes, are there any examples of how to do this? > > I searched far and wide in the forums where I did see some indications > that this idea was at least discussed, if not implemented. For example in > the following Nabble posting, > > <http://www.nabble.com/-m2--Archetype-Plugin-parameters-and-templates-to966996.html#a977701> > > Jason van Zyl said: > > "The templates are velocity templates so you get the directives that > velocity provides and you can make your own velocity macros or tools. A > tool is simply a Java object that you drop into a velocity context so you > can really do whatever you want. I would think velocity itself would give > you enough flexibility. " > > TIA! > > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/How-can-I-drop-a-custom-Velocity-tool-into-archetype%3Agenerate--tp25207677p25226450.html Sent from the Maven - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org
