I love maven(2) as it is - but I guess one could come up with a scenario such as database-stored POMs or something of the sort...
But I agree this is definitely way out of the main-stream... ;-) On 10/6/05, Jason van Zyl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 2005-10-05 at 18:56 +0000, John Fallows wrote: > > Is it possible to customize the syntax of pom.xml without impacting > > the rest of the Maven2? > > In theory yes, but would we want to allow that I don't know. What do you > want to customize? Is is something generally useful that might be > incorporated into Maven itself? > > > For example, could one provide a CustomMavenProjectBuilder and then > > register it as a Plexus MavenProjectBuilder component? > > Yes. > > > How would Maven2 decide which implementation to use, if both the > > Default and Custom implementations were registered on the M2 > > classpath? > > Plexus allows multiple implementations of a component which you select > by a component id or role hint as we call it in Plexus. You would make > your new component and would have to change the components.xml in maven- > project and it would work but I don't know if that's something I'd like > to see as a common occurrence. > > > Kind Regards, > > John Fallows. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > jvz. > > Jason van Zyl > jason at maven.org <http://maven.org> > http://maven.apache.org > > you are never dedicated to something you have complete confidence in. > No one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to rise tomorrow. > They know it is going to rise tomorrow. When people are fanatically > dedicated to political or religious faiths or any other kind of > dogmas or goals, it's always because these dogmas or > goals are in doubt. > > -- Robert Pirzig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
