Using a distribution built by the assembly plugin as a dependency...
Hello, In the FAQ located at: http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/faq.html It says the following: "Can I use an artifact created by the assembly plugin as a dependency?" and the short answer is yes but it doesn't give an example. Does anyone have an example of how to do this? Thanks in advance. Michael.
M2: Problem with checkstyle plugin.
Hello, I am new to Maven and have just started playing around with it. I have implemented the simple project that is defined in the getting started guide and have then also implemented the eclipse stuff. So far so good. I then started adding in a checkstyle reporting task and get the following exception generated: --- java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.maven.usability.diagnostics.DiagnosisUtils.appendRootCauseIfPresentAndUnique (DiagnosisUtils.java:89) at org.apache.maven.usability.diagnostics.ErrorDiagnostics$PuntErrorDiagnoser.diagnose (ErrorDiagnostics.java :132) at org.apache.maven.usability.diagnostics.ErrorDiagnostics.diagnose( ErrorDiagnostics.java:104) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.logDiagnostics(DefaultMaven.java:693) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.logFatal (DefaultMaven.java:627) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:143) at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:249) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke( DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java :324) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:315) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:255) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:430) at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:375) When I take the checkstyle bit out of the pom.xml everything is fine again so it is definately the checkstyle plugin that is causing the problem. The element of the pom that mentions checkstyle is below: target/site org.apache.maven.plugins maven-checkstyle-plugin Does anyone have any ideas? Regards Michael.
