[ http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-1290?page=all ]
John Casey updated MNG-1290:
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Fix Version: (was: documentation)
2.0.5
> What is a Mojo?
> ---------------
>
> Key: MNG-1290
> URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-1290
> Project: Maven 2
> Type: Bug
> Components: Documentation: General
> Versions: 2.0
> Reporter: Binil Thomas
> Fix For: 2.0.5
>
>
> 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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