The MavenProject is not a component that is injected by the container. It's handled by the PluginParameterExpressionEvaluator[1] which looks at all the non-@component things and sets their values once the Mojo instance is constructed.
[1]: https://github.com/apache/maven-3/blob/trunk/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/PluginParameterExpressionEvaluator.java On Nov 27, 2012, at 10:26 PM, Barrie Treloar <[email protected]> wrote: > While trying to sort out > http://maven.40175.n5.nabble.com/Retrieving-the-project-source-directories-from-MavenProject-td5733602.html > > I was hacking his code and found that > Java 1.5 @Component MavenProject returns null > > But when I changed it to use JavaDoc @parameter > expression="${project}" it works fine. > > http://maven.apache.org/plugin-tools/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/index.html > gives an example > @Component > private MavenProject project; > > http://maven.apache.org/plugin-tools/maven-plugin-annotations/apidocs/org/apache/maven/plugins/annotations/Component.html > says MavenProject can be accessed via @Component > > I've not used the Java 1.5 annotations before. > Does anyone know why this might be? > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > Thanks, Jason ---------------------------------------------------------- Jason van Zyl Founder & CTO, Sonatype Founder, Apache Maven http://twitter.com/jvanzyl --------------------------------------------------------- happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder ... -- Thoreau
