brett 2004/10/27 04:16:37
Modified: xdocs Tag: MAVEN-1_0-BRANCH faq.fml
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add comment on entities
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</p>
</answer>
</faq>
+
+ <faq id="using-entities">
+ <question>What's the problem with entities in project.xml?</question>
+ <answer>
+ <p>
+ As of Maven 1.1, external entities will not be supported by default in
+ project.xml, and their use is discouraged in Maven 1.0.x as well.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ There are several reasons for this, but the main reason is that
+ the content of project.xml needs to be completely self-contained and
+ and able to be reproduced from a history at any point in time.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ For this reason, using jelly expressions other than pom references is
+ also not recommended and likely to be unsupported in future.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The most common use of this technique is to manage dependencies
+ across multiple projects. There is unfortunately no other better
+ solutions in the current version of Maven other than copying the
+ dependencies. See <a href="#transitive-dependencies">transitive
+ dependencies</a> for more information.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Note: special character entities will always be supported and should
+ not have any current issues.
+ </p>
+ </answer>
+ </faq>
<faq id="using-xdoclet">
<question>How do I use Maven with xdoclet?</question>
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