There is a wiki page on how to write a simple plugin: http://wiki.codehaus.org/maven/HowToCreateYourFirstPlugIn2
It doesnt include any info on how to implement it though. Feel free to add it to the wiki if you really find it usefull. The best reference for creating plugins is still all the existing plugins, several which are 'pure' java. -- Trygve Laugstøl On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, Sonnek, Ryan wrote: > Great idea Jason, and thanks for the advise. I would MUCH rather be coding > java than writing xml. The lure of Unit testing is also a huge bonus. > > Ummm....now, how do I go about it? =) I'm assuming that I must create > an Ant Task (don't know how to do this yet), then taskdef it inside my > plugin.jelly. is there a developer's HOWTO available (on wiki?). > > Ryan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason van Zyl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 2:12 PM > To: Maven Developers List > Subject: Re: jelly intro > > On Wed, 2003-12-17 at 12:02, Sonnek, Ryan wrote: > > I'm a new plugin developer looking for resources on jelly scripting. > > To be exact, I'm looking for how to iterate through a list of folders > > and modify files that match a certain pattern. any tutorials or > > examples you could point me to? I've searched through the plugins I > > have installed, but haven't found anything yet that matches this. > > I would highly recommend you encapsulate your little tool in a POJO and > use the POJO from Jelly. So in Jelly you would end up with something > like: > > <toolbox:fileChanger > directory="/my/dir" > filepattern="**/*.txt" > find="^monkey" > replace="donkey"/> > > Then you can easily unit test it. Leverage your knowledge of Java, you > don't have to program in Jelly and I highly recommend you don't. Jelly > is an awesome integrator though and that's how you should use it. It's > dead simple to use a POJO from Jelly. > > > Thanks. > > Ryan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
