Re: A plugins nature

2006-07-11 Thread Rinku
@maven.apache.org Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 1:19 PM Subject: Re: A plugins nature There shouldn't be any reason you can't test as POJOs now (as long as you add getters and setters). I was initially reluctant about the extent of using the testing harness for testing - they do seem more like

Re: A plugins nature

2006-07-11 Thread Jochen Wiedmann
Hi, Kenney, On 7/11/06, Kenney Westerhof [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is not a maven mojo problem but a plugin design problem. Most plugins, like the jar plugin and the surefire plugin, to name some, are rather empty. The jar plugin just extracts information from the MavenProject, giving it

Re: A plugins nature

2006-07-11 Thread Trygve Laugstøl
Rinku wrote: One way could be to factor out the reusable bits out to a separate Component. That should make plugins lightweight and allow components to be used by more than just one Plugin. This something that we always have been stressing. For the same reasons it is important that plugins

A plugins nature

2006-07-10 Thread Jochen Wiedmann
Hi, in the last weeks I have thought a little bit about Maven plugins. The initial question was my desire to reuse another plugin. There are good reasons for reusing plugins. As an example, think of a plugin, which creates a jar file. Might be the retro* plugins or something like that.I would

RE: A plugins nature

2006-07-10 Thread Mike Perham
- From: Jochen Wiedmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 4:34 PM To: Maven Developers List Subject: A plugins nature Hi, in the last weeks I have thought a little bit about Maven plugins. The initial question was my desire to reuse another plugin. There are good reasons

Re: A plugins nature

2006-07-10 Thread Carlos Sanchez
Subject: A plugins nature Hi, in the last weeks I have thought a little bit about Maven plugins. The initial question was my desire to reuse another plugin. There are good reasons for reusing plugins. As an example, think of a plugin, which creates a jar file. Might be the retro* plugins

Re: A plugins nature

2006-07-10 Thread Kenney Westerhof
List Subject: A plugins nature Hi, in the last weeks I have thought a little bit about Maven plugins. The initial question was my desire to reuse another plugin. There are good reasons for reusing plugins. As an example, think of a plugin, which creates a jar file. Might be the retro

Re: A plugins nature

2006-07-10 Thread Barrie Treloar
This is not a maven mojo problem but a plugin design problem. Most plugins, like the jar plugin and the surefire plugin, to name some, are rather empty. The jar plugin just extracts information from the MavenProject, giving it to maven-archiver (plexus-archiver under water), and later updates the

Re: A plugins nature

2006-07-10 Thread Brett Porter
: Jochen Wiedmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 4:34 PM To: Maven Developers List Subject: A plugins nature Hi, in the last weeks I have thought a little bit about Maven plugins. The initial question was my desire to reuse another plugin. There are good reasons for reusing