FWIW, we used to have multiple source directories. With ant as the plugin architecture it was a pain in the butt. Ant has no concept of looping through defined paths for example. Read the archives for the gory details.
Anyway.....we used to have a prepare source goal....did that get nuked? -- dIon Gillard, Multitask Consulting Work: http://www.multitask.com.au Developers: http://adslgateway.multitask.com.au/developers "Ara Abrahamian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 30/08/2002 07:59:00 PM: > I'm in the same camp. I'm trying to convert a huge multi-subsystem > project to maven. I use xdoclet too. A project.xml for each subsystem is > ok for me, but the single source folder approach absolutely not. I like > the idea of using Ant style Path for setting up src. At leasy imho a > gensrc should be added to Maven. Like tests are treated specially, auto > generated sources/artifacts should be too. > > Ara. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: J. Matthew Pryor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 3:00 AM > > To: Turbine Maven Users List > > Subject: RE: projects with multiple source directories > > > > Another complicated scenario is where you have a combination of "real" > > source & generated source (xdoclet generated for example) > > > > Given how well Ant handles Path-like-structures why is it that maven > can't > > treat src as a path-like-structure rather than a single > > directory > > > > Thanks, > > jmp > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Barry Kaplan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 6:51 AM > > > To: Turbine Maven Users List > > > Subject: Re: projects with multiple source directories > > > > > > > > > Downey, Kyle wrote: > > > > > > >Hello, > > > > > > > >I found a July message that this feature used to exist (in fact, > FYI, > > in the > > > >image of the POM in the documentation it's still there) but was > > removed. I > > > >saw a reply that said this was done for simplicity, but I know of > > multiple > > > >projects with this kind of structure. If Maven won't do this, > what's > > the > > > >workaround? > > > > > > > >For the project I'm converting to Maven there are multiple source > > > >directories because it's broken into distinct modules that build > their > > own > > > >JARs (and each has its own third-party library dependencies, which > are > > > >handled in the existing build.xml files). What are my options if I > want > > to > > > >create a Maven site that has CVS, style and other reports plus > Javadocs > > for > > > >all five modules? > > > > > > > > > > > The general answer has been to create multiple maven projects. Our > > > project has multiple directories also, but they don't correspond 1-1 > > > with jars. They exists to make development via IDEs easier. (We use > the > > > IDEs all day, so it was an easy decision.) So what I did, was to > write a > > > goal to copy the files from their true location into a maven-only > src > > > tree. I also had to modify the cvs plugins since the cvs info is not > in > > > the maven src tree, but in the source tree. (Those mods are clean > and > > > backward compatible. I'll post the them soon and see if the maveners > > > will commit them.) > > > > > > Maven is too nice to not use just because the directory limitation. > > > Copying the files is not so tuff. But it does pretty much relegate > maven > > > to batch mode. > > > > > > Making maven support multiple source directories would really not be > > > that hard. I suppose it seemed like the better thing to do given the > way > > > the plugins were written. Most would access the pom properties > > > directory. If instead a jellybean was defined that would provide the > > > appropiate fileset/path, projects could install a multi-directory > > > version of that jellybean if they needed to. (At some point, I'll > spike > > > this to see if it is really that easy.) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:turbine-maven-user- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:turbine-maven-user- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:turbine-maven-user- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:turbine-maven-user- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:turbine-maven-user- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:turbine-maven-user- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
