[m2] Mojo prerequisites?

[David Jackman <Da...@fastsearch.com>]

Is it possible for a Mojo to specify that some other goal for some other
plugin needs to happen before my Mojo can execute?  In my specific case,
my plugin does some post-processing of the Javadocs generated by the
javadoc:javadoc (or javadoc:jar) goals.  Is there a way for me to ensure
this has happened and execute that goal if it hasn't?
 
..David..

Re: [m2] Mojo prerequisites?

[Jason van Zyl <ja...@maven.org>]

On Wed, 2005-10-26 at 16:55 -0600, David Jackman wrote:
> Is it possible for a Mojo to specify that some other goal for some other
> plugin needs to happen before my Mojo can execute?  

You can only do this with mojos/goals within the same plugin.

> In my specific case,
> my plugin does some post-processing of the Javadocs generated by the
> javadoc:javadoc (or javadoc:jar) goals.  Is there a way for me to ensure
> this has happened and execute that goal if it hasn't?

There is the notion of executing up to a particular phase like the
"site" phase but you probably don't want to have to wait until the whole
site is generated for your mojo to fire.

You could make a simple custom lifecycle in your plugin which has your
post-processing mojo. And that will require some more docs :-) You can
look at the clover plugin for an example of a plugin which provides its
own lifecycle.

> ..David..
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