Thanks, Jeff and Stephen for your answers. I know about the build-helper-maven-plugin, but this adds about 20 lines of configuration to the pom and I was hoping to avoid that. Also, forcing users to specify a parent pom is not feasible since users will likely have their own parent poms to use.
My goal is to simplify the configuration of the pom so that with just about 3-4 lines of configuration, all the functionality happens automatically. Are you suggesting that this is not possible? ps- Apologies for not responding sooner, but somehow these messages have been ending up in my spam folder. On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 9:59 AM, Jeff MAURY <jeffma...@jeffmaury.com> wrote: > If you need to add source folders, there is an existing Maven plugin to do > it: the build-helper-maven-plugin. Check the doc at > http://mojo.codehaus.org/build-helper-maven-plugin > > Regards > Jeff MAURY > > On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 1:58 AM, Stephen Connolly < > stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> either mandate a parent pom... they will have to reference your plugin in >> their pom and the execution from the pluginmgmt will be pulled in, or >> custom lifecycle (they will need to ref the plugin and set extensions to >> true... >> >> themselves the only two ways to skin the cat >> >> - Stephen >> >> --- >> Sent from my Android phone, so random spelling mistakes, random nonsense >> words and other nonsense are a direct result of using swype to type on the >> screen >> On 25 Nov 2011 22:17, "Andrew Eisenberg" <andrew.eisenb...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > Hi all, >> > >> > I am trying to create a maven plugin that transparently adds a new >> > source folder to the project. It is always the same folder and so >> > there should be no configuration required from the user. I've been >> > going through >> > http://www.sonatype.com/books/mvnref-book/reference/writing-plugins.html >> > , but I can't find anything that solves my problem. >> > >> > I created a plugin project with the following mojo: >> > >> > >> > /** >> > * @goal add-xxx-source >> > * @phase compile >> > * @execute phase="compile" >> > */ >> > public class AddGroovySourceFolders extends AbstractMojo { >> > /** >> > * @parameter expression="${project}" >> > * @required >> > * @readonly >> > */ >> > private MavenProject project; >> > >> > public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, >> > MojoFailureException { >> > getLog().info("Adding /src/main/xxx to the list of source >> folders"); >> > this.project.addCompileSourceRoot(project.getBasedir() + >> > "/src/main/xxx"); >> > } >> > } >> > >> > Now, the only way that I can get this mojo executing is by explicitly >> > adding it in the executions section of the plugin dependency: >> > >> > <plugin> >> > <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId> >> > <artifactId>xxx-compiler</artifactId> >> > <version>2.6.0-01-SNAPSHOT</version> >> > <executions> >> > <execution> >> > <id>add-source</id> >> > >> > <phase>generate-sources</phase> >> > <goals> >> > >> > <goal>add-xxx-source</goal> >> > </goals> >> > </execution> >> > </executions> >> > </plugin> >> > >> > I would like it so that consumers of my plugin can leave out the >> > extensions section and have the mojo executed automatically, like >> > this: >> > >> > <plugin> >> > <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId> >> > <artifactId>xxx-compiler</artifactId> >> > <version>2.6.0-01-SNAPSHOT</version> >> > </plugin> >> > >> > Is this possible? And how can I do this? >> > >> > thanks for your help. >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org >> > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org >> > >> > >> > > > > -- > "Legacy code" often differs from its suggested alternative by actually > working and scaling. > - Bjarne Stroustrup > > http://www.jeffmaury.com > http://riadiscuss.jeffmaury.com > http://www.twitter.com/jeffmaury --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org
