M2 Tip#1: Passing any XML to Mojos

Credit to Peter van de Hoef for posting this tip on the Maven dev mailing list

It is possible to pass an arbitrary XML configuration snippet to a m2 mojo by using the following: 

import org.codehaus.plexus.configuration.PlexusConfiguration;
…
class MyMojo [etc..]
{
  /**
   * @parameter
   */
   private PlexusConfiguration anything;
}
Then, in the pom: 
<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    [etc...]
    <configuration>
      <anything>
        <can go="here"/>
        <nested>
          <elements and="attributes"/>
        </nested>
      </anything>
    </configuration>
  </plugin>

Posted by vmassol on Aug 01, 2005 12:19 in M2 Tips | Modified by vmassol on Jul 24, 2006 17:03 | 0 Comment(s) | Permalink