Would it be possible to extend the POM inheritance model currently used for merging parent POMs to allow for merging arbitrary POMs? This would allow the plugin configuration to be stored in a single place (possibly retrieved by URL rather than file reference) and allow multiple project trees to reuse it.
-----Original Message----- From: Jason van Zyl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 00:12 To: Maven Users List Subject: Re: Plugins of plugins On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 00:00 -0400, Brill Pappin wrote: > I've got one for you... I used to have a m1 goal that called several other > goals while preparing for a release... the idea was to make a repetitive > task (executing several goals) simple by executing one goal. > > Since I no longer have the maven.xml. I'd love to be able to set up a > "composit" plugin where I could define a set of goals to execute. Fair enough, that's a good use case I think. Essentially what we're talking about here is a way make altering the life cycle very flexible. Exactly what Chris is talking about where you might graft a bunch of mojos/goals into the life cycle. You may want to execute some goals that are not part of the life cycle and some that are. So maybe a plugin with a configuration that allowed you to do this would be the solution. I don't think this would be hard to do but would be good to get a couple more concrete use cases first. > - Brill Pappin > > On 10/19/05, Jason van Zyl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2005-10-18 at 22:00 -0500, Chris Berry wrote: > > > Greetings, > > > Is it possible to write a "plugin of plugins"?? I.e. a plugin that is > > simply > > > a composite of other plugins. > > > > > > To make this concrete, imagine that you have a common set of plugins > > that > > > are used across many projects -- together forming a common build system. > > For > > > example, in project A you have > > > > > > <plugins. > > > <plugin/> ..... plugin X at phase 1 > > > <plugin/> ..... plugin Y at phase 5 > > > <plugin/> ..... plugin Z at phase 7 > > > <plugins> > > > > Do you have a concrete example which may help me understand what you're > > trying to do before I respond. Looks like you're trying to provide > > solution before we know what you're really trying to do. > > > > -- > > jvz. > > > > Jason van Zyl > > jason at maven.org <http://maven.org> > > http://maven.apache.org > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- jvz. Jason van Zyl jason at maven.org http://maven.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
