I would suggest that maybe profiles would be better suited... if you specify the defaultGoal in the profile it gets even easier...
But to be honest, you are going against *The Maven Way™* This is usually (but not always) a sign that you will soon be fighting Maven, and that is a fight that you can only win with the loss of all of your hair ;-) -Stephen 2009/11/11 Gajo Csaba <csaba.g...@cosylab.com>: > OK so my use case would be > > mvn do-task -Dtask=xxx > > Do you suggest I change that into > > mvn do-task-xxx? > > Regards, Csaba > > > Stephen Connolly wrote: >> >> Short answer: Don't >> >> Long answer: for a mojo to extend another maven plugin, it will need >> to depend on that maven plugin. The maven plugin classloader only >> loads a plugin once, and the first version loaded is the version used >> forever more (until maven exits). When a newer version of the plugin >> you depend on is released, you will either force the older version on >> anyone using your plugin, or the newer version will be forced on you. >> In either case, the build will probably be broken in a hard to figure >> out way >> >> -Stephen >> >> 2009/11/11 Gajo Csaba <csaba.g...@cosylab.com>: >> >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I would like to create a maven plugin, which would delegate to other >>> plugins >>> based on parameters. Something like mvn mymojo:dotask -Dtask=<xxx> >>> >>> and then in the "dotask" mojo I would see what the value of task is, and >>> if >>> it's xxx then execute Mojo1, if it's yyy then Mojo2 etc... >>> >>> How can I do this? >>> >>> Thanks, Csaba >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org >>> >>> >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org >> >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org > >
