Config File Consistency

2009-03-30 Thread dutchman_mn
Hello all: I am working in a Maven multi-project environment and I would like to maintain some consistency across projects for some tools like CheckStyle, FindBugs, etc. In order to do this, I am thinking of using the remote resource plugin. However, the documentation states that the files fr

Re: Config File Consistency

2009-03-30 Thread Jeff Jensen
Hi Perry, Typically, I have used the configuration options of the tool, such as specifying the config file via a URL with Checkstyle.  I have also bundled them together a separate project, deployed that jar, and made it a dependency of the projects.  This works when the respective tool can

Re: Config File Consistency

2009-03-30 Thread dutchman_mn
Jeff: If it was a single file (ie. CheckStyle) I would have most likely gone down the URL route. However, I have multiple configuration files (CheckStyle, PMD, FindBugs, testing, etc) so I would like it all as single dependency. If I go down the *.jar route, it works for CheckStyle but does n

Re: Config File Consistency

2009-03-31 Thread Stephen Connolly
dependency:unpack??? 2009/3/30 > Jeff: > > If it was a single file (ie. CheckStyle) I would have most likely gone down > the URL route. However, I have multiple configuration files (CheckStyle, > PMD, FindBugs, testing, etc) so I would like it all as single dependency. > If I go down the *.jar

Re: Config File Consistency

2009-03-31 Thread Cedros GmbH
Hi there. I don't seem to get exactly what you want to accomplish, but it sounds like this is what you want to do: http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-dependency-plugin/examples/unpacking-artifacts.html You can download a specific artifact from a repository and unpack it to a certain dir

Re: Config File Consistency

2009-03-31 Thread Perry Hoekstra
Yes, after a great deal of paddling around, I ran into dependency:unpack and that is what I ended up using. Perry Hoekstra Stephen Connolly wrote: dependency:unpack??? 2009/3/30 Jeff: If it was a single file (ie. CheckStyle) I would have most likely gone down the URL route. However, I