Eclipse plugin to provide maven integration not packaged so it can be reused by
other Eclipse plugins.
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Key: MPECLIPSE-130
URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MPECLIPSE-130
Project: maven-eclipse-plugin
Issue Type: Bug
Affects Versions: 1.10
Environment: MS Windows XP running Eclipse321/Wtp151 all in one
package using a Sun Java 1.5 sdk.
Reporter: Gary Mohr
The Eclipse plugin that provides maven integration is installed into Eclipse as
an unpacked Jar file. This top level Jar file does not contain the class files
which provide the maven functionallity, instead they are found in the
"m2plugin.jar" runtime library found in this top level Jar file.
This means that if I am developing my own Eclipse plugin, it is not possible to
simply list the maven plugin (org.maven.ide.eclipse) as a dependency in my
plugin and then gain access to the classes delivered with the maven plugin. In
order to use the classes delivered in the maven plugin I am required to extract
the runtime library "m2plugin.jar" and put a copy of it in my plugin's "lib"
directory then add it to my plugin's classpath.
Somehow it seems ironic that Maven the champion of not having to manually
replicate Jar files within projects would leave me in this situation.
Please provide me an easier way to write Eclipse plugins that utilize the
services delivered with the Maven Eclipse plugin.
If for instance the Maven Eclipse plugin were unpacked when it is installed
into Eclipse, then I should be able to add the "m2plugin.jar" to my plugin's
classpath without the need to replicate it. As a different approach if the
class files from the 3 runtime libraries delivered in the plugin Jar file were
found in the plugin Jar file instead of buried inside the runtime library, then
Eclipse would be able to reference these classes when I list the Maven Eclipse
plugin as a dependency of my plugin.
I am sorry if the project this was submitted to is not the correct project.
From its name it is kinda of hard to tell if it represents the Maven plugin to
support Eclipse stuff or the Eclipse plugin to support Maven stuff.
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