Hi Alexander, On Saturday, 3. February 2024, 06:03:27 CET Alexander Kriegisch wrote: > Many plugins, e.g. compiler plugins, depend on other libraries, in this > case compilers. This is true for plugins such as Plexus Compiler, > AspectJ Maven, GMaven+. Usually, what a user needs to do to override the > default provided by the plugin (which is almost never exactly the > version the user wants), the user does something like: > > <plugin> > <groupId>org.acme</groupId> > <artifactId>xy-compiler-plugin</artifactId> > <version>1.2.3</version> > <dependencies> > <dependency> > <groupId>org.xy</groupId> > <artifactId>xy-compiler</artifactId> > <version>4.5</version> > </dependency> > </dependencies> > </plugin> > > While this is not so much work, I was wondering if there is any way to > make it a little bit easier for the user as a plugin developer, so she > can do this instead: > > <plugin> > <groupId>org.acme</groupId> > <artifactId>xy-compiler-plugin</artifactId> > <version>1.2.3</version> > <configuration> > <compilerVersion>4.5</compilerVersion> > </configuration> > </plugin> > > My current knowledge of the Maven Way says, this is not possible. But I > am asking anyway, just because I am curious and did not find any helpful > resources online.
There are several approaches, depending on the use case: 1/ It is always the same dependency, the user just wants to use different versions. Solution: Use a property for the version. The user can then overwrite the property in his pom. 2/ The user should be able to use a different dependency. The approach with the property works here also, just use it also for the groupId and artifactId. 3/ The user must not use a single dependency that varies, but several. Here you may take an approach with different profiles. Best practice here is to activate the profiles by existing of a (relative) file e.g. in a local profile folder. And you may combine these approaches. Check the result with help:effective-pom where you can see, what Maven internally generates as pom for an individual project. Regards, Jörg Regards, Jörg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org
