What is a Mojo?
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Key: MNG-1290
URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-1290
Project: Maven 2
Type: Bug
Components: documentation
Versions: 2.0
Reporter: Binil Thomas
On http://maven.apache.org/developers/mojo-api-specification.html page titled
"Mojo API", I see :
<snip>
Starting with Maven 2.0, plugins can be written in Java or any of a number of
scripting languages. Additionally, Maven tries to stay out of the way of the
programmer with its new Mojo API. This opens up the opportunity for many Mojos
to be reused outside of Maven, or bridged into Maven from external systems like
Ant.
</snip>
The first line states a fact - that Maven plugins can now be written in plain
Java. The second line doesnt suggest anything to me besides the irritating
name-dropping "Mojo API". The third line adds further confusion by the usage
"many Mojos" planting the supiscion that this things called "Mojo" might be
more than an API!
Two paragraph later, I see:
<snip>
As mentioned before, each Plugin - or packaged set of Mojos ..
</snip>
Ah! so thats it - Mojo is what constitues a Maven plugin - and there might be
some API to write these.
It would have been much less intimidating had this fact be stated upfront.
A note here - the term "plugin" was did not need any introduction to me -
because it is a widely one used in the software scene. At this point I don't
even know what a Maven plugin can do - yet I have a vague notion that a plugin
might be something that enhances the out-of-the-box behaviour of Maven.
The same familiarity does not apply to the term "Mojo" - I am guessing here,
but I think the Maven team invented the term. If so, kindly desrcibe it fully
instead of confusing the reader.
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