Why are you not implementing your plugin in Java or even Groovy?
http://www.sonatype.com/books/mcookbook/reference/writing-plugins-alternative-sect-writing-groovy.html
Shell script seems like a bad idea to me if you want it to run everywhere..
manfred
On Fri, July 27, 2012 2:26 pm, Lyons, Roy wrote:
> Update:
>
> Not hearing anything made me give up on pure ant... I was able to get
> things working with the <shellscript shell="ksh"> task, and just embedding
> kornshell. That, of course, defeats the usual idea of a plugin since it
> is platform specific... but later on, I can add in support for windows by
> doing a similar shellscript directive with cmd based on the osfamily task.
> Interestingly, I was able to use both of those from ant-contrib... but
> not <for or <if
>
> Odd.
>
>
> I am still interested in possibilities of using ant in its pure form, so
> any responses to this thread are still welcome.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Roy
> ________________________________________
> From: Lyons, Roy
> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 12:16 PM
> To: Maven Users List
> Subject: RE: Using ant-contrib in ant based plugin development
>
> my webmail made me login again, and I didnt see part of my message was
> missing. here is the full thing:
>
>
> Maven User List,
>
> I waited in sending to this list until after I had exhausted my other
> resources, including google searching, documentation, and experimentation
> of my own.
>
> As such, I hope that your collective minds can take on this challenge.
>
>
> So here is the problem:
>
> [INFO] task-segment: [com.cme.plugins:cme-packaging:cme-packaging]
> (aggregator-style)
> [INFO]
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> [INFO] [cme-packaging:cme-packaging {execution: default-cli}]
>
> cmepackage:
> [echo] We are in UNIX
> [INFO]
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> [ERROR] BUILD ERROR
> [INFO]
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> [INFO] Failed to execute: Executing Ant script: package.build.xml
> [cmepackage]: Failed to execute.
>
> Could not create task or type of type: for.
>
> Ant could not find the task or a class this task relies upon.
>
> This is common and has a number of causes; the usual
> solutions are to read the manual pages then download and
> install needed JAR files, or fix the build file:
> - You have misspelt 'for'.
> Fix: check your spelling.
> - The task needs an external JAR file to execute
> and this is not found at the right place in the classpath.
>
>
> What is extremely interesting to me is the fact that it can use the task
> definition for "osfamily", but not for the "for" task. Also of interest
> to me is the fact that I can use this script with "ant -f" without a
> problem.
>
> Before I get suggestions that I should use java instead, I need to confess
> that I am only now just learning java. My job in configuration management
> uses a whole lot more in perl and ksh than anything...
>
> Also, my research showed lots of ways to cope with it in antrun, with an
> inline script -- but that won't do so much for me as I am trying to make a
> plugin...
>
> Here is my declaration in my pom:
>
> <build>
> <plugins>
> <plugin>
> <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
> <version>2.5</version>
> <!-- Add the Ant plugin tools -->
> <dependencies>
> <dependency>
> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-tools</groupId>
> <artifactId>maven-plugin-tools-ant</artifactId>
> <version>2.5</version>
> </dependency>
> <dependency>
> <groupId>ant-contrib</groupId>
> <artifactId>ant-contrib</artifactId>
> <version>1.0b3</version>
> </dependency>
>
>
> I also placed a dependency on ant-contrib in my pom's dependencies
> section.
>
> my build xml has this in it... as you can see, I was experimenting with
> different methods of forcing it to find the items. I have nothing special
> in mojos xml. Perhaps that is where my issue is?
>
> <project name="processPackages" default="cmepackage" basedir="." >
> <!--
> <taskdef uri="antlib:net.sf.antcontrib"
> resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antlib.xml"
> classpath="path/to/ant-contrib.jar"/>
> <taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antlib.xml" />
> <taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antcontrib.properties" >
> <classpath>
> <pathelement
> location="${settings.localRepository}/ant-contrib/ant-contrib/1.0b3/ant-contrib-1.0b3.jar"
> />
> </classpath>
> </taskdef>
> -->
> <taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antlib.xml" >
> <classpath refid="maven.plugin.classpath" />
> </taskdef>
> <target name="cmepackage">
> <osfamily property="os.family" />
> <if>
> <equals arg1="${os.family}" arg2="unix" />
> <then>
>
>
> I had the most luck so far with
> <taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antcontrib.properties" >
> <classpath>
> <pathelement
> location="${user.home}/.m2/repository/ant-contrib/ant-contrib/1.0b3/ant-contrib-1.0b3.jar"
> />
> </classpath>
> </taskdef>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Lyons, Roy
> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 12:15 PM
> To: Maven Users List
> Subject: Using ant-contrib in ant based plugin development
>
> Maven User List,
>
> I waited in sending to this list until after I had exhausted my other
> resources, including google searching, documentation, and experimentation
> of my own.
>
> As such, I hope that your collective minds can take on this challenge.
>
>
> So here is the problem:
>
> [INFO] task-segment: [com.cme.plugins:cme-packaging:cme-packaging]
> (aggregator-style)
> [INFO]
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> [INFO] [cme-packaging:cme-packaging {execution: default-cli}]
>
> cmepackage:
> [echo] We are in UNIX
> [INFO]
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> [ERROR] BUILD ERROR
> [INFO]
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> [INFO] Failed to execute: Executing Ant script: package.build.xml
> [cmepackage]: Failed to execute.
>
> Could not create task or type of type: for.
>
> Ant could not find the task or a class this task relies upon.
>
> This is common and has a number of causes; the usual
> solutions are to read the manual pages then download and
> install needed JAR files, or fix the build file:
> - You have misspelt 'for'.
> Fix: check your spelling.
> - The task needs an external JAR file to execute
> and this is not found at the right place in the classpath.
>
>
> What is extremely interesting to me is the fact that it can use the task
> definition for
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Here is my declaration in my pom:
>
> <build>
> <plugins>
> <plugin>
> <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
> <version>2.5</version>
> <!-- Add the Ant plugin tools -->
> <dependencies>
> <dependency>
> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-tools</groupId>
> <artifactId>maven-plugin-tools-ant</artifactId>
> <version>2.5</version>
> </dependency>
> <dependency>
> <groupId>ant-contrib</groupId>
> <artifactId>ant-contrib</artifactId>
> <version>1.0b3</version>
> </dependency>
>
>
> I also placed a dependency on ant-contrib in my pom's dependencies
> section.
>
> my build xml has this in it... as you can see, I was experimenting with
> different methods of forcing it to find the items. I have nothing special
> in mojos xml. Perhaps that is where my issue is?
>
> <project name="processPackages" default="cmepackage" basedir="." >
> <!--
> <taskdef uri="antlib:net.sf.antcontrib"
> resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antlib.xml"
> classpath="path/to/ant-contrib.jar"/>
> <taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antlib.xml" />
> <taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antcontrib.properties" >
> <classpath>
> <pathelement
> location="${settings.localRepository}/ant-contrib/ant-contrib/1.0b3/ant-contrib-1.0b3.jar"
> />
> </classpath>
> </taskdef>
> -->
> <taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antlib.xml" >
> <classpath refid="maven.plugin.classpath" />
> </taskdef>
> <target name="cmepackage">
> <osfamily property="os.family" />
> <if>
> <equals arg1="${os.family}" arg2="unix" />
> <then>
>
>
> I had the most luck so far with
> <taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antcontrib.properties" >
> <classpath>
> <pathelement
> location="${user.home}/.m2/repository/ant-contrib/ant-contrib/1.0b3/ant-contrib-1.0b3.jar"
> />
> </classpath>
> </taskdef>
>
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