[jira] Commented: (MNG-2333) Plugins need to offer up all information without executing

["Trygve Laugstol (JIRA)" <ji...@codehaus.org>]

    [ http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-2333?page=comments#action_66275 ] 

Trygve Laugstol commented on MNG-2333:
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This sounds like a Maven Extension Proposal (MEP) to me!

> Plugins need to offer up all information without executing
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
>          Key: MNG-2333
>          URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-2333
>      Project: Maven 2
>         Type: New Feature

>   Components: Embedding
>     Versions: 2.0.5
>     Reporter: Jason van Zyl
>     Assignee: Jason van Zyl

>
>
> In an IDE environment, you want to know what will be generated by a plugin without having it execute. For example, if you have a plugin that generates a source directory you want to know that without having actually execute the plugin because it can take a long time if you have a lot of plugins.
> Another issue will probably have to be created to outline changes to the plugin api so that external tools can call this method to get all the information up-front. I couldn't find any related issues.
> This should also work when reactor projects are run.
> Another example is any plugin that produces resources that need to be added to the UI.

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