It's probably the best to look at Sun's documentation APT (Annotation Processing Tool): http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/apt/index.html Annotations in general: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/language/annotations.html Dennis p.s. I'm also not experienced myself with annotations to be giving others any well-funded advice but there's something called "retention policy" i.e. you can supply to the compiler/ VM whether it should expose the annotation metadata during runtime or not. Seems odd though that one VM (eclipse) does seem to expose it and another (maven w/ JUnit) does not. Could it be that the 'tools.jar' is needed ?? (the APT api can be found in com.sun.mirror.* ) On 9/11/05, Kaare Nilsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi. > I am compiling with source level of 1.5 by doing this : > <plugin> > <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> > > <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId> > <configuration> > <source>1.5</source> > <target>1.5</target> > </configuration> > </plugin> > > But I do not know how to run annotation processor. (I am not that > experienced with annotations myself, so I did not even know there was > one), > so if anyone know how I do this I would be glad for any tips. > > Best regards > Kaare Nilseb > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brett Porter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 11. september 2005 04:57 > To: Maven Users List > Subject: Re: M2 and annotations > > I'm not familiar with using Java5 annotations at this point, but I think > you > > need to run the annotation processor first, or at least compile with > source > level of 1.5. Have these been done? > > - Brett > > On 9/11/05, Kaare Nilsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi I have a little problem. > > > > > > > > I am trying to make a testng plugin for maven2, but I have reached a > point > > where I really don't know what to do. > > > > Here is the case: > > > > > > > > TestNG uses annotations and have an annotation called Test with fully > > qualified name :" org.testng.annotations.Test" > > > > So.. > > > > Then I have a testclass looking like this . > > > > > > > > package org.codehaus.mojo.testng; > > > > import org.testng.annotations.Test; > > > > public class ATest { > > > > > > > > @Test > > > > public void test(){ > > > > System.out.println("A test is run"); > > > > } > > > > > > > > > > > > And. Then I do like this: > > > > > > > > public void execute() > > > > throws MojoExecutionException > > > > { > > > > Object o = loader.loadClass("org.codehaus.mojo.testng.ATest > > ").newInstance(); > > > > Method[] met = o.getClass().getMethods(); > > > > Class annotation = Class.forName("org.testng.annotations.Test"); > > > > Object thisAnnotation = met[0].getAnnotation((Class<Annotation>) > > annotation); > > > > } > > > > > > > > So far so good.. But this is what happens. > > > > When I run this plugin in eclipse with a junit test. thisAnnotation != > > null > > > > But when I run this plugin as a part of a maven build thisAnnotation == > > null > > > > > > > > Anyone have a clue of why this happens ? > > > > > > > > Best regards > > > > Kaare Nilsen > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
