Flex / Flex builder I created a flexbuilder-mojo, who inherit from maven-eclipse-plugin
If this goes on, I can create flexbuilder extension. VELO On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Simone Gianni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Nicolas, > yes, many Maven plugins have an Eclipse counterpart, and having the > eclipse plugin discover this plugins and delegate to them the generation > of eclipse specific configurations is a great idea. I don't know the > internals of the Eclipse plugin well enough to understand the details of > your proposal, but it sounds very interesting. Any comment from the > Maven community? > > Just to name a few, these are the technologies that i use extensively > and have both maven and eclipse support that could be harmonized: > - Obviously the java compiler itself :) > - The Maven eclipse plugin > - AspectJ > - Hibernate > - Spring > - Jetty (would it be possible to make some generation of configurations > for Eclipse WST?) > - Emma, Clover > - FindBugs > > Which else? > > Simone > > > nicolas de loof wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'd like to propose an extension mecanism for the Eclipse plugin (and > > potentially for other plugins). > > > > The sysdeo-tomcat-maven-plugin (mojo project) for example has > copie/pasted > > the dependency resolution code from eclipse plugin. This was required to > > create the .tomcatPlugin configuration file. > > If this plugin code could execute *inside* the eclipse plugin as an > > EclipseWriter it could benefict from the original code, and also from > plugin > > updates. > > > > I propose to add a new extensibility feature in the eclipse plugin. Using > a > > new parameter, or maybe by searching some "extension" file in the plugin > > classpath, the eclipse plugin could setup a list of external > EclipseWriters > > to run. > > > > sample configuration : > > > > <plugin> > > <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId> > > <configuration> > > ... > > <extensions> > > <extension> > > <id>sysdeo-tomcat</id> <!-- matches some META-INF > > metadatas in sysdeo-tomcat-maven-plugin.jar --> > > <configuration> > > <!-- extension dependent configuration --> > > </configuration> > > <extension> > > <extensions> > > </configuration> > > > > <dependencies> > > <dependency> > > <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId> > > <artifactId>sysdeo-tomcat-maven-plugin</artifactId> > > <version>x</version> > > </dependency> > > </dependencies> > > > > </plugin> > > > > > > Beeing added to the plugin classpath, the "plugin-extension" could add > it's > > EclipseWriters, and maybe other optional components (to setup > ProjectNatures > > ?). > > > > Many other extensions could be added this way to the eclipse plugin : > > generate SpringIDE configuration, setup Checkstyle in sync with the > > maven-checkstyle configuration, etc. > > > > Another benefict is that the "extension" could benefict from the forked > > generate-source execution that the eclipse-plugin runs, to access the > list > > of multi-project modules. > > > > > > Any suggestion is welcome. > > > > Nicolas. > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
