*/

This document outlines the concerns of a general plugin manager that would be used in conjunction with any Plexus-based application. The following outlined concerns are an attempt to describe what a plugin manager would need to do for Maven and for Nexus.

h2. Concerns for the plugin manager

h3. Resolving the dependencies of a plugin

         * repository's layout to allow pointing at artifacts within the repository. Unfortunately,
         * DefaultRepositoryLayout does not correctly describe the layout of a local repository which unlike a remote
         * repository never uses timestamps in the filename of a snapshot artifact. The discrepancy gets notable when a

extends BaseMatcher { private final String fixedDescription; public void CustomMatcher(String); public final void describeTo(Description); } org/hamcrest/CustomTypeSafeMatche.class package org.hamcrest; public abstract synchronized class CustomTypeSafeMatche extends TypeSafeMatcher { private final String fixedDescription; public void CustomTypeSafeMatche(String); public final void describeTo(Description); } org/hamcrest/Description$NullDescription.class package org.hamcrest; public final synchronized...

n must be non null!"); } this.fixedDescription = description; } @Override public final void describeTo(Description description) { description.appendText(fixedDescription); } } org/hamcrest/Description.java org/hamcrest/Description.java package org.hamcrest; /** * A description of a Matcher. A Matcher will describe itself to a description * which can later be used for reporting. * * @see Matcher#describeTo(Description) */ public interface Description { /** * A description that consumes input but does...

   |       variables for plugins in the POM.
   |
   |-->
  <profiles>
    <!-- profile
     | Specifies a set of introductions to the build process, to be activated using one or more of the
     | mechanisms described above. For inheritance purposes, and to activate profiles via <activatedProfiles/>
     | or the command line, profiles have to have an ID that is unique.
     |

a properties file named commons-logging.properties visible in the application class path, with a property named org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory defining the desired implementation class name. Fall back to a default implementation, which is described further below. If a commons-logging.properties file is found, all of the properties defined there are also used to set configuration attributes on the instantiated LogFactory instance. Once an implementation class name is selected, the corresponding...

a properties file named commons-logging.properties visible in the application class path, with a property named org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory defining the desired implementation class name. Fall back to a default implementation, which is described further below. If a commons-logging.properties file is found, all of the properties defined there are also used to set configuration attributes on the instantiated LogFactory instance. Once an implementation class name is selected, the corresponding...

        <field>
          <name>name</name>
          <required>false</required>
          <version>1.0.0+</version>
          <type>String</type>
          <description>
            The optional name that describes the mirror.
          </description>
        </field>
        <field>
          <name>url</name>
          <required>true</required>
          <version>1.0.0+</version>
          <type>String</type>

     * needs to retain the id of this layout so that the content type of the remote repository can still be accurately
     * described.
     */
    static class UnknownRepositoryLayout implements ArtifactRepositoryLayout {

        private final String id;

        private final ArtifactRepositoryLayout fallback;

        </field>
      </fields>
    </class>

    <class xdoc.anchorName="requirement">
      <name>Requirement</name>
      <version>1.0.0/1.1.0</version>
      <description>Describes a component requirement.</description>
      <!-- see o.a.m.plugin.descriptor.Requirement -->
      <fields>
        <field>
          <name>role</name>
          <required>true</required>