On 17 March 2011 10:03, Jochen Wiedmann <jochen.wiedm...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have to admit, it isn't. > > However, I see this as a very important addition. If RAT ever wants to > be useful outside the ASF, then this needs to be done: > > - Licenses (instances of org.apache.rat.analysis.IHeaderMatcher) must > be pluggable. > - For simple cases it should not be required to write a Java class, > but simply to configure a small piece of text, which needs to be > present. (See the > org.apache.rat.analysis.license.ApacheSoftwareLicense20 for an > example.) > - In other words, "pluggable" means that you need to be able to write > a plugin once and add it multiple times using suitable configuration > values. > - For Ant, and Maven, the plugin would be added through the respective > build scripts. (build.xml, and pom.xml) > - For the CLI, it must be possible to load an XML file, which declares > the plugins. > > To give an example, I can imagine something like this in a pom.xml: > > <license class="org.apache.rat.analysis.license.SimpleCustomLicense"> > <matchType>all</matchType> <-- For the ApacheSoftwareLicense20, > this would be "any" --> > <headerLines> > <headerLine>Copyright (C) 2011, Foo, Inc.</headerLine> > <headerLine>No warranties: This software is distributed > without any implied, or explicit, warranties.</headerLine> > </headerLines> > </license>
This will be tedious to edit - would it not be better to have the bare licence text(s) in separate file(s), referenced by name in the POM? The license should have a mnemonic associated with the text, so reports can show which licence is in use. e.g. AL2, GPL, CPL, TNT, ETC. > Are you interested to give this a try? > > > Jochen > > > > > On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 10:43 AM, Christian Grobmeier > <grobme...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> is RAT already able to check for a custom license? >> >> The license of my customer is a text block in at java doc class level >> (first lines). >> >> I would love to use RAT for this - is it supported? >> >> Also @since tags are necessary. Is it better to use checkstyle for this? >> >> Cheers, >> Christian >> > > > > -- > I Am What I Am And That's All What I Yam (Popeye) >
