Hmmm. Definately a possibility. Thanks for the hint! David
On 11/9/05, Jason van Zyl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 22:36 -0500, David H. DeWolf wrote: > > > > What are you trying to do exactly? > > > > I'm attempting to create a plugin which will automate the installation > > of the Pluto Portalinto an app server. My requirements go beyond simply > > deploying the war as Pluto requires some configuration, integration with > > other webapps, and the deployment of shared and endorsed artifacts into > > the app server. > > > > I currently have a version of the plugin that will complete this task > > when executed from within a utilities subproject (using the "just > > created" artifacts). I'd like to modify the plugin so that the > > installation can use artifacts in the repository so that users don't > > have to check out the source code first. I'd also prefer not to have > > the artifacts embeded within the plugin. > > Are you strictly interested in creating a plug-in or are you interested > in making a tool that you could use from a different environment, say an > Eclipse plug-in? If you are then I would suggest taking a look at the > embedder. You could create something with the embedder and then wrap the > resulting tool you create in a mojo to make it work within Maven 2.x. > > http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-embedding-m2.html > > Inside a mojo you would then use the @component tag to pull in the > embedder but that's the only component you would need as the embedder is > really a facade over all the features of Maven we would like to expose > to tool integrators. > > -- > jvz. > > Jason van Zyl > jason at maven.org <http://maven.org> > http://maven.apache.org > > We know what we are, but know not what we may be. > > -- Shakespeare > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
