Hi Roy,
I use ant-contrib in a Ant-based Mojo and it works fine for me.
Here is my ant-contrib declaration in my build.xml:
<taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antlib.xml">
<classpath>
<pathelement location="${ant-contrib-jar}" />
</classpath>
</taskdef>
Note that antcontrib.properties doesn't contain "for" declaration. Prefer
antlib.xml.
and here is my mojos.xml for ${ant-contrib-jar} parameter:
<parameter>
<name>ant-contrib-jar</name>
<property>ant-contrib-jar</property>
<required>true</required>
<expression>${ant-contrib-jar}</expression>
<defaultValue>${project.build.directory}/antcontrib/
ant-contrib-1.0b3.jar</defaultValue>
<type>java.lang.String</type>
<description></description>
</parameter>
Note that I don't use a antcontrib artifact deployed in my local repo, but
a antcontrib jar installed in my ${project.build.directory}. I dont't think
it change anything.
Did you try an echo on your ${settings.localRepository} or ${user.home}
to check they are correcty loaded at Maven runtime?
Hope it can help,
Aurélien
2012/7/27 Manfred Moser <manf...@mosabuam.com>
> Why are you not implementing your plugin in Java or even Groovy?
>
>
> http://www.sonatype.com/books/mcookbook/reference/writing-plugins-alternative-sect-writing-groovy.html
>
> Shell script seems like a bad idea to me if you want it to run everywhere..
>
> manfred
>
> On Fri, July 27, 2012 2:26 pm, Lyons, Roy wrote:
> > Update:
> >
> > Not hearing anything made me give up on pure ant... I was able to get
> > things working with the <shellscript shell="ksh"> task, and just
> embedding
> > kornshell. That, of course, defeats the usual idea of a plugin since it
> > is platform specific... but later on, I can add in support for windows
> by
> > doing a similar shellscript directive with cmd based on the osfamily
> task.
> > Interestingly, I was able to use both of those from ant-contrib... but
> > not <for or <if
> >
> > Odd.
> >
> >
> > I am still interested in possibilities of using ant in its pure form, so
> > any responses to this thread are still welcome.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Roy
> > ________________________________________
> > From: Lyons, Roy
> > Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 12:16 PM
> > To: Maven Users List
> > Subject: RE: Using ant-contrib in ant based plugin development
> >
> > my webmail made me login again, and I didnt see part of my message was
> > missing. here is the full thing:
> >
> >
> > Maven User List,
> >
> > I waited in sending to this list until after I had exhausted my other
> > resources, including google searching, documentation, and experimentation
> > of my own.
> >
> > As such, I hope that your collective minds can take on this challenge.
> >
> >
> > So here is the problem:
> >
> > [INFO] task-segment: [com.cme.plugins:cme-packaging:cme-packaging]
> > (aggregator-style)
> > [INFO]
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > [INFO] [cme-packaging:cme-packaging {execution: default-cli}]
> >
> > cmepackage:
> > [echo] We are in UNIX
> > [INFO]
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > [ERROR] BUILD ERROR
> > [INFO]
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > [INFO] Failed to execute: Executing Ant script: package.build.xml
> > [cmepackage]: Failed to execute.
> >
> > Could not create task or type of type: for.
> >
> > Ant could not find the task or a class this task relies upon.
> >
> > This is common and has a number of causes; the usual
> > solutions are to read the manual pages then download and
> > install needed JAR files, or fix the build file:
> > - You have misspelt 'for'.
> > Fix: check your spelling.
> > - The task needs an external JAR file to execute
> > and this is not found at the right place in the classpath.
> >
> >
> > What is extremely interesting to me is the fact that it can use the task
> > definition for "osfamily", but not for the "for" task. Also of interest
> > to me is the fact that I can use this script with "ant -f" without a
> > problem.
> >
> > Before I get suggestions that I should use java instead, I need to
> confess
> > that I am only now just learning java. My job in configuration
> management
> > uses a whole lot more in perl and ksh than anything...
> >
> > Also, my research showed lots of ways to cope with it in antrun, with an
> > inline script -- but that won't do so much for me as I am trying to make
> a
> > plugin...
> >
> > Here is my declaration in my pom:
> >
> > <build>
> > <plugins>
> > <plugin>
> > <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
> > <version>2.5</version>
> > <!-- Add the Ant plugin tools -->
> > <dependencies>
> > <dependency>
> > <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-tools</groupId>
> > <artifactId>maven-plugin-tools-ant</artifactId>
> > <version>2.5</version>
> > </dependency>
> > <dependency>
> > <groupId>ant-contrib</groupId>
> > <artifactId>ant-contrib</artifactId>
> > <version>1.0b3</version>
> > </dependency>
> >
> >
> > I also placed a dependency on ant-contrib in my pom's dependencies
> > section.
> >
> > my build xml has this in it... as you can see, I was experimenting with
> > different methods of forcing it to find the items. I have nothing
> special
> > in mojos xml. Perhaps that is where my issue is?
> >
> > <project name="processPackages" default="cmepackage" basedir="." >
> > <!--
> > <taskdef uri="antlib:net.sf.antcontrib"
> > resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antlib.xml"
> > classpath="path/to/ant-contrib.jar"/>
> > <taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antlib.xml" />
> > <taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antcontrib.properties" >
> > <classpath>
> > <pathelement
> >
> location="${settings.localRepository}/ant-contrib/ant-contrib/1.0b3/ant-contrib-1.0b3.jar"
> > />
> > </classpath>
> > </taskdef>
> > -->
> > <taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antlib.xml" >
> > <classpath refid="maven.plugin.classpath" />
> > </taskdef>
> > <target name="cmepackage">
> > <osfamily property="os.family" />
> > <if>
> > <equals arg1="${os.family}" arg2="unix" />
> > <then>
> >
> >
> > I had the most luck so far with
> > <taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antcontrib.properties" >
> > <classpath>
> > <pathelement
> >
> location="${user.home}/.m2/repository/ant-contrib/ant-contrib/1.0b3/ant-contrib-1.0b3.jar"
> > />
> > </classpath>
> > </taskdef>
> >
> > ________________________________________
> > From: Lyons, Roy
> > Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 12:15 PM
> > To: Maven Users List
> > Subject: Using ant-contrib in ant based plugin development
> >
> > Maven User List,
> >
> > I waited in sending to this list until after I had exhausted my other
> > resources, including google searching, documentation, and experimentation
> > of my own.
> >
> > As such, I hope that your collective minds can take on this challenge.
> >
> >
> > So here is the problem:
> >
> > [INFO] task-segment: [com.cme.plugins:cme-packaging:cme-packaging]
> > (aggregator-style)
> > [INFO]
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > [INFO] [cme-packaging:cme-packaging {execution: default-cli}]
> >
> > cmepackage:
> > [echo] We are in UNIX
> > [INFO]
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > [ERROR] BUILD ERROR
> > [INFO]
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > [INFO] Failed to execute: Executing Ant script: package.build.xml
> > [cmepackage]: Failed to execute.
> >
> > Could not create task or type of type: for.
> >
> > Ant could not find the task or a class this task relies upon.
> >
> > This is common and has a number of causes; the usual
> > solutions are to read the manual pages then download and
> > install needed JAR files, or fix the build file:
> > - You have misspelt 'for'.
> > Fix: check your spelling.
> > - The task needs an external JAR file to execute
> > and this is not found at the right place in the classpath.
> >
> >
> > What is extremely interesting to me is the fact that it can use the task
> > definition for
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Here is my declaration in my pom:
> >
> > <build>
> > <plugins>
> > <plugin>
> > <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
> > <version>2.5</version>
> > <!-- Add the Ant plugin tools -->
> > <dependencies>
> > <dependency>
> > <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-tools</groupId>
> > <artifactId>maven-plugin-tools-ant</artifactId>
> > <version>2.5</version>
> > </dependency>
> > <dependency>
> > <groupId>ant-contrib</groupId>
> > <artifactId>ant-contrib</artifactId>
> > <version>1.0b3</version>
> > </dependency>
> >
> >
> > I also placed a dependency on ant-contrib in my pom's dependencies
> > section.
> >
> > my build xml has this in it... as you can see, I was experimenting with
> > different methods of forcing it to find the items. I have nothing
> special
> > in mojos xml. Perhaps that is where my issue is?
> >
> > <project name="processPackages" default="cmepackage" basedir="." >
> > <!--
> > <taskdef uri="antlib:net.sf.antcontrib"
> > resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antlib.xml"
> > classpath="path/to/ant-contrib.jar"/>
> > <taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antlib.xml" />
> > <taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antcontrib.properties" >
> > <classpath>
> > <pathelement
> >
> location="${settings.localRepository}/ant-contrib/ant-contrib/1.0b3/ant-contrib-1.0b3.jar"
> > />
> > </classpath>
> > </taskdef>
> > -->
> > <taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antlib.xml" >
> > <classpath refid="maven.plugin.classpath" />
> > </taskdef>
> > <target name="cmepackage">
> > <osfamily property="os.family" />
> > <if>
> > <equals arg1="${os.family}" arg2="unix" />
> > <then>
> >
> >
> > I had the most luck so far with
> > <taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antcontrib.properties" >
> > <classpath>
> > <pathelement
> >
> location="${user.home}/.m2/repository/ant-contrib/ant-contrib/1.0b3/ant-contrib-1.0b3.jar"
> > />
> > </classpath>
> > </taskdef>
> >
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