* ended up with a magic value that is not compatible with the type of the configured mojo parameter (a string
         * could still be converted by the configurator so we leave those alone). If so, back off to evaluating the
         * expression from properties only.
         */
        if (value != null && type != null && !(value instanceof String) && !isTypeCompatible(type, value)) {
            value = null;
        }

     |   </configuration>
     | </plugin>
     | ...
     |
     | NOTE: If you just wanted to inject this configuration whenever someone set 'target-env' to
     |       anything, you could just leave off the <value/> inside the activation-property.
     |
    <profile>
      <id>env-dev</id>

      <activation>
        <property>
          <name>target-env</name>
          <value>dev</value>

activation, it might be nice to allow a user to activate/deactivate a plugin instead of having to uninstall and reinstall a plugin in particular cases. This would prevent having to reconfigure the plugin again. For example it might be nice to turn off LDAP authentication without having to uninstall the plugin.

These particular phases in a plugin’s lifecycle can probably be generalized to all plugins so could be something implemented in all plugins. Here we could have the descriptor either...

SESSION_DISCONNECTED = 3; public static final int SESSION_CONNECTION_REFUSED = 4; public static final int SESSION_OPENING = 5; public static final int SESSION_OPENED = 6; public static final int SESSION_LOGGED_IN = 7; public static final int SESSION_LOGGED_OFF = 8; public static final int SESSION_ERROR_OCCURRED = 9; private int eventType; private Exception exception; public void SessionEvent(org.apache.maven.wagon.Wagon, int); public void SessionEvent(org.apache.maven.wagon.Wagon, Exception); public int getEventType();...

static final int LOG_LEVEL_INFO = 3; public static final int LOG_LEVEL_WARN = 4; public static final int LOG_LEVEL_ERROR = 5; public static final int LOG_LEVEL_FATAL = 6; public static final int LOG_LEVEL_ALL = 0; public static final int LOG_LEVEL_OFF = 7; protected String logName; protected int currentLogLevel; private String shortLogName; private static String getStringProperty(String); private static String getStringProperty(String, String); private static boolean getBooleanProperty(String, boolean);...

            boolean firstRun = true;
            boolean retry = true;

            // this will run at most twice. The first time, the firstRun flag is turned off, and if the retry flag
            // is set on the first run, it will be turned off and not re-set on the second try. This is because the
            // only way the retry flag can be set is if ( firstRun == true ).
            while (firstRun || retry) {

static final int LOG_LEVEL_INFO = 3; public static final int LOG_LEVEL_WARN = 4; public static final int LOG_LEVEL_ERROR = 5; public static final int LOG_LEVEL_FATAL = 6; public static final int LOG_LEVEL_ALL = 0; public static final int LOG_LEVEL_OFF = 7; protected String logName; protected int currentLogLevel; private String prefix; private static String getStringProperty(String); private static String getStringProperty(String, String); private static boolean getBooleanProperty(String, boolean);...

         * ended up with a magic value that is not compatible with the type of the configured mojo parameter (a string
         * could still be converted by the configurator so we leave those alone). If so, back off to evaluating the
         * expression from properties only.
         */
        if (value != null && type != null && !(value instanceof String) && !isTypeCompatible(type, value)) {
            value = null;
        }

                currentStream.notifyAll();
            }
        }

        @Override
        public void write(byte b[], int off, int len) {
            final PrintStream currentStream = getOutputStreamForCurrentThread();
            synchronized (currentStream) {
                currentStream.write(b, off, len);
                currentStream.notifyAll();
            }
        }

        @Override

SESSION_DISCONNECTED = 3; public static final int SESSION_CONNECTION_REFUSED = 4; public static final int SESSION_OPENING = 5; public static final int SESSION_OPENED = 6; public static final int SESSION_LOGGED_IN = 7; public static final int SESSION_LOGGED_OFF = 8; public static final int SESSION_ERROR_OCCURRED = 9; private int eventType; private Exception exception; public void SessionEvent(org.apache.maven.wagon.Wagon, int); public void SessionEvent(org.apache.maven.wagon.Wagon, Exception); public int getEventType();...