Just closing the loop, the eclipse aether project has a maven example showing how to do exactly what I need to do...
So many hours spent searching for this...!!! http://git.eclipse.org/c/aether/aether-demo.git/tree/aether-demo-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/examples/maven/ResolveArtifactMojo.java -----Original Message----- From: Dan Tran [mailto:dant...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 6:59 PM To: Maven Users List Subject: Re: API to resolve an artifact in Maven3 Eclipse aether is the api you need resolve your artifact for maven 3.1. I think there are plenty of examples for you to base on. If you have question, you can post it here at user group, there are plenty of dev folks here always trying to help out -D On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 2:55 PM, Richard Sand <rs...@idfconnect.com> wrote: > Ok good points, thanks Ron. I'll try what you suggested, and see if I > can get some assistance on the developers list. I'm happy to volunteer > to update some documentation around what I've learned writing this > plugin. > > Best regards, > > Richard > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ron Wheeler [mailto:rwhee...@artifact-software.com] > Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 5:06 PM > To: Richard Sand > Cc: 'Maven Users List' > Subject: Re: API to resolve an artifact in Maven3 > > My point is that most of the people here are users and not interested > in plug-in development or knowledgeable about plug-in development. > Custom plug-ins are not required for development of standalone or web > applications in Java most of the time. > > Most appear to be developed to support specific specific non-java > activities. I use one developed as a front-end for DITA document > production to simplify the use of the DITA-OT. I use another to > simplify the packaging of applications into an installer using IzPack. > > These are pretty simple Maven plug-ins and likely do not include very > much coordination with or use of Maven internal methods. > > I am not sure if there is a better forum for you to get the kind of > help that you need. > The kind of information that you seem to need is probably known by the > people who frequent the dev list but they are going to be pretty > focused on Maven development and may not welcome third-party development > questions. > > You might get some help by offering to add documentation to the code > in the dev list in return for specific questions. Certainly you are > doing a level of research into the examples, docs and code that could > lead to useful updates to the docs or examples. > > > > Ron > > > On 22/07/2013 4:30 PM, Richard Sand wrote: > > Hi Ron - I'm not sure what you're telling me. I thought that the > > capability to easily write custom plug-ins was part of the goal of > > Maven. If Maven doesn't want people outside of Maven writing > > plug-ins, then you're right the information I'm looking for isn't useful. > > > > But the javadocs are published - they just aren't filled in. > > Examples are published, but they're for Maven 2 and either don't > > work or are > deprecated. > > Basic tasks that *seem* to be within the scope of what Maven wants > > to do are surprisingly difficult. That's frustrating. > > > > The questions I've asked on this this have been as specific and > > technical as I could make them. I'm not trying to waste anyone's > > time or not respect the work that others have volunteered. > > > > -Richard > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ron Wheeler [mailto:rwhee...@artifact-software.com] > > Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 3:11 PM > > To: users@maven.apache.org > > Subject: Re: API to resolve an artifact in Maven3 > > > > You are not using Maven; you are developing a custom plug-in. > > > > That is a development activity so you should expect that it will be > > more difficult than what other users need to do and you will need > > information that is of no use to anyone else. > > > > It appears that you are trying to extend Maven in a way that is > > outside what Maven likes to do so you can expect that some > > information will be hard to find outside the code. > > > > > > Ron > > > > > > On 22/07/2013 2:54 PM, Richard Sand wrote: > >> Hey Russell - DependencyGraphBuilder seems to be for resolving the > >> dependencies that the project already has, i.e. in the > >> <project><dependencies> element. What I'm trying to do now is > >> configure additional dependencies used by my plugin at runtime > >> outside of the project dependencies. > >> > >> I've used a lot of open source projects but I cannot remember one > >> as opaque as Maven. I'm looking through maven-dependency-plugin now > >> to see if I can glean any insights. It seems that plugin used the > >> same technique you did in its DefaultArtifactsResolver utility > >> class. I'm going to check out the project from svn to see how its > >> initializing. > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Russell Gold [mailto:r...@gold-family.us] > >> Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 7:22 AM > >> To: Maven Users List > >> Subject: Re: API to resolve an artifact in Maven3 > >> > >> Hi Richard, > >> > >> Believe me, I share your frustration. Like many open-source > >> projects, Maven is woefully under-documented. I've spent a > >> significant amount of time over the past months researching how to > >> do things for the course I've been writing, and also for the plugins I'm > >> writing. > >> > >> Mostly, I've been reading source code - especially the > >> maven-supplied plugins. The problem, of course, is figuring out what the > >> "official" > >> and supported way of doing things is. > >> > >> To resolve artifacts, I wound up using MavenProject, > >> ArtifactResolver, ArtifactFactory, and both the local and remote > >> repositories. I didn't even see DefaultDependencyGraphBuilder. If > >> that's easier, I may consider revising my approach. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Russ > >> > >> On Jul 22, 2013, at 1:53 AM, Richard Sand <rs...@idfconnect.com> wrote: > >> > >>> Hi Russel - > >>> > >>> The use case is simple - I've written a plug-in which takes in as > >>> input a list of dependencies, just like any other plugin or the > >>> pom itself. So, given a String representation of an artifact, how > >>> do I resolve the artifact so I end up with a local File object I can load? > >>> > >>> This API has seemed like total voodoo - I want to write a paper > >>> that demystifies how to write plugins for maven3. I think I need > >>> to find some time to sit with each of the principle author of > >>> maven3 and publish what I learn. > >>> > >>> -Richard > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: Russell Gold [mailto:r...@gold-family.us] > >>> Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2013 7:52 AM > >>> To: Maven Users List > >>> Subject: Re: API to resolve an artifact in Maven3 > >>> > >>> Hi Richard, > >>> > >>> Can you be more specific? What exactly is your goal? > >>> > >>> - Russ > >>> > >>> On Jul 20, 2013, at 11:02 PM, Richard Sand <rs...@idfconnect.com> > wrote: > >>> > >>>> Can someone please share the secret of how to do dependency > >>>> resolution in Maven3? And specifically in 3.1? > >>>> > >>>> -Richard > >>>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: Richard Sand [mailto:rs...@idfconnect.com] > >>>> Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 3:45 PM > >>>> To: 'Maven Users List' > >>>> Subject: RE: API to resolve an artifact in Maven3 > >>>> > >>>> +1 Anthony. The question is what is the preferred 3.x way of > >>>> +doing it, not > >>>> how to do it the old way. Unless the official answer is "do it > >>>> the old way because..." > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: Anthony Dahanne [mailto:anthony.daha...@gmail.com] > >>>> Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 2:32 PM > >>>> To: Maven Users List > >>>> Subject: Re: API to resolve an artifact in Maven3 > >>>> > >>>> hello, I 'm slightly confused about your answer Igor. > >>>> The other day I was wondering about how to keep a maven plugin > >>>> doing artifact resolution compatible with both maven 3.0 and 3.1 > >>>> and Robert answered me to use the maven dependency tree api : > >>>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17685441/can-a-maven-mojo-rely > >>>> in > >>>> g > >>>> - > >>>> o > >>>> n-aeth > >>>> er-be-compatible-with-maven-3-0-x-and-3-1-x#comment25769765_17686 > >>>> 48 > >>>> 2 > >>>> > >>>> Now I am using something like that : > >>>> Artifact enforceArtifact = > >>>> defaultArtifactFactory.createArtifact(enforceGroupId,enforceArtif > >>>> ac > >>>> t > >>>> I > >>>> d > >>>> ,enfor > >>>> ceVersion,"",enforceType); > >>>> MavenProject enforcePom = > >>>> mavenProjectBuilder.buildFromRepository( > >>>> enforceArtifact, remoteRepositories, localRepository); > >>>> DependencyNode rootNode = > >>>> dependencyGraphBuilder.buildDependencyGraph(enforcePom, new > >>>> CumulativeScopeArtifactFilter(Arrays.asList(Artifact.SCOPE_COMPIL > >>>> E, > >>>> Artifact.SCOPE_RUNTIME))); > >>>> > >>>> and that works pretty well (I used to think relying on aether > >>>> directly was the best approach, until this change of package made > >>>> my plugins not maven > >>>> 3.1 compatible) > >>>> > >>>> Which approach would you consider the best then (when writing a > >>>> plugin doing dependency resolution) , using the Maven 2 API with > >>>> maven-compat or relying on maven-dependency-tree ? > >>>> Thanks for your answer ! > >>>> Anthony > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 1:44 PM, <igor.zaplet...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Please check next post > >>>>> > >>>>> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/maven-users/201307.mbox > >>>>> /% > >>>>> 3 > >>>>> c > >>>>> 7 A bc22e9-32c5-44f6-bdb3-117414907...@gmail.com%3e > >>>>> It should helps you > >>>>> > >>>>> On Jul 19, 2013, at 9:39 PM, "Richard Sand" > >>>>> <rs...@idfconnect.com> > >> wrote: > >>>>>> Quick Q- what's the proper way to resolve an artifact in a > >>>>>> Maven3 > >>>>> plug-in, e.g. where the artifact isn't already a managed > >>>>> dependency in the project. > >>>>>> I found the Mojo Developer Cookbook ( > >>>>> http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAVENUSER/Mojo+Developer+Cookbo > >>>>> ok > >>>>> ) but it gives the Maven2 technique, and the classes used are > >>>>> deprecated. > >>>>>> -Richard > > > > -- > > Ron Wheeler > > President > > Artifact Software Inc > > email: rwhee...@artifact-software.com > > skype: ronaldmwheeler > > phone: 866-970-2435, ext 102 > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Ron Wheeler > President > Artifact Software Inc > email: rwhee...@artifact-software.com > skype: ronaldmwheeler > phone: 866-970-2435, ext 102 > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
