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Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 14:36:42 +0300
From: Arik Kfir <arikkfir@gmail.com>
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To: Maven Users List <users@maven.apache.org>,
	Brett Porter <brett.porter@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Plugin Development Guide Questions
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Just out of curiosity - why not have one exception class, with an *optional=
*
causing exception?

On 10/6/05, Brett Porter <brett.porter@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 10/6/05, Allison, Bob <robert.allison@qwest.com> wrote:
> > What is the criteria for a mojo class? In other words, when I define a
> > bunch of classes in a project with packaging of "maven-plugin", how is
> > it determined which of those classes are mojos and which are other
> > things?
>
> I'd have said "implements Mojo" but apparently not :)
>
> for Java, it is any class with class level javadoc containing a @goal
> tag. See JavaMojoDescriptorExtractor.
>
> > What is the difference between MojoExecutionException and
> > MojoFailureException? They have the same documentation but I assume
> > that they should be used for different types of problems.
>
> Should result in a BUILD ERROR or BUILD FAILURE respectively. MEE has
> a causing exception, while the other is just a string. MEE should be
> the "unexpected" one, while MFE is more "expected" failures (like
> compilation errors).
>
> This is new and a lot of the plugins don't deal with it well.
>
> > When defining parameters to a mojo, I see that some mojos include a
> > setter for the parameter but a lot do not have any setter. Is there
> > some criteria to be used to determine when a setter is needed or
> > desired?
>
> If it is there, it is used. If not, private field injection is used.
>
> > What types of objects can be used as parameters? I assume this has
> > something to do with what plexus can convert from XML content.
>
>
> http://svn.plexus.codehaus.org/trunk/plexus-containers/plexus-container-d=
efault/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/component/configurator/converters/
>
> - Brett
>
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