Jesse,

Thanks for the explanation. To make it clearer, can you show  me what the
extension tag would look like in this case?

Thanks,

-Moiz

-----Original Message-----
From: Jesse McConnell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 7:25 AM
To: Maven Users List
Subject: Re: [m2] project descriptor tags

I can give you a use case where you would need extensions.

there is a jdbc plugin that lets you execute whatever sql you want when you
execute the plugin. But the way the plugin was built you can't just declare
every database driver as a dependency of the plugin...that would mean people
would need to download oracle drivers and install them just to use mysql..

so you use extensions so that you can insert the database driver code at
runtime of the plugin..

does that case clear up what extensions can be used for?

jesse

On 9/22/05, dohadwala, moiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I am new to maven and have decided to take the plunge with m2. I have 
> trying to understand the pom.xml tags. I don't understand the purpose 
> of the extension tag. The description on 
> http://maven.apache.org/maven2/maven-model/maven.html#class_Extension
> <http://maven.apache.org/maven2/maven-model/maven.html#class_Extension
> >
> isn't too clear.
>
> Is there any other location I can use for reference?
>
> -Moiz
>
>
>
>


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jesse mcconnell

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