Looking at the ArtifactRepositoryLayout interface, there are two methods for getting Repository Metadata.
What if the repository doesn't contain any metadata (ie no pom's or equivalent)? Can these methods safely return null? MAR -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carlos Sanchez Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 3:21 PM To: Maven Users List Subject: Re: Custom Repository Handler? Yep, implement a new RepositoryLayout and put it in the M2_HOME/lib Check the LegacyRepositoryLayout On 6/26/06, Russell, Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here is my scenario... > > > > I'm in the process of creating a new project (with some specialized > plugins). This new project needs to fetch some jars create in-house > from our existing repository which is similar in structure to maven 1.x > repositories (the structure is from the maven 1 alpha days). The jars > it needs to fetch need to become part of the compile dependencies. > Unfortunately our repository structure IS NOT a maven 1.x structure as > 1.x is today. This means that there is no poms directory. > > > > So my problem is that maven 2.x looks for a .pom file in our existing > repository that simply does not exist, and probably won't unless I > handcraft them. So my question... Is it possible to define a repository > handler and bind it to a new type (ie instead of legacy, maybe an > inhouse-legacy type) to get around this? > > > > Eventually I intend to convert everything to m2, but that isn't feasible > at this point in time. Thus if I can't find a way around this, I'm > probably going to need to write a bunch of ant tasks to handle what I > need, which I'd rather not due since I much prefer the m2 plug-in > methodology. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Mark Russell > > > -- I could give you my word as a Spaniard. No good. I've known too many Spaniards. -- The Princess Bride --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
