Yes, multiproject:install quite easily finds the sub projects, as it knows about them, being part of the multiproject plugin. However other plugins are designed to work on a single project, e.g. pmd and xdoc.
Try the following: maven -Dgoal=pmd,xdoc multiproject:goal On 4/22/06, Karr, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The directory I'm running it in is the root directory of the entire > project. That directory has a "subprojects" directory. Each > subdirectory of "subprojects" has a "src/java" directory, where the > source code resides. As I said, the "multiproject:install" rule has no > trouble finding the Java source files. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dion Gillard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Does the directory you are running 'maven pmd xdoc' from > > contain java source files? > > > > On 4/22/06, Karr, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I'm using Maven 1.0.2, and I'm a maven newbie (other people > > set up the > > > maven infrastructure). I can build the entire project with "maven > > > multiproject:install". I wanted to experiment with adding > > pmd reports. > > > I simply tried doing "maven pmd xdoc", after setting the > > pmd version > > > override in the build.properties file. The following is an excerpt > > > from the output for the pmd report. > > > > > > ------------------- > > > pmd: > > > pmd:report: > > > [echo] Running the PMD task with > > > rulesets/basic.xml,rulesets/unusedcode.xml,rulesets/imports.xml ... > > > [echo] No java source files to process. > > > [echo] Converting the PMD report to xdoc ... > > > ------------------- > > > > > > Note again that "maven multiproject:install" is able to build the > > > entire project, which contains a couple of hundred Java > > source files. > > > > > > I didn't install a custom ruleset file, I wanted to try it > > using the > > > default first. > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > http://www.multitask.com.au/people/dion/ > > Chuck Norris sleeps with a night light. Not because Chuck > > Norris is afraid of the dark, but because the dark is afraid > > of Chuck Norris > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- http://www.multitask.com.au/people/dion/ Chuck Norris sleeps with a night light. Not because Chuck Norris is afraid of the dark, but because the dark is afraid of Chuck Norris
