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sourcing from property files

Hi All.

        I know that this is backwards to the maven way of thinking, but:

        Is it possible to actually take a version number from a property 
file and have that used in the POM rather than the other way around?

        Ie,

                Property File -> POM

        rather than,

                POM -> Property File.

        Speaking of which how/can we get the version number in the pom 
written to a property file that is then used at runtime?

        Working this way just works better with our existing processes.

        TIA.

-Chris


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Re: sourcing from property files

Posted by Ch...@aami.com.au.
"Wayne Fay" <wa...@gmail.com> wrote on 21/05/2008 00:22:05:

> On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 1:39 AM,  <Ch...@aami.com.au> wrote:
> > Is it possible to actually take a version number from a property
> > file and have that used in the POM rather than the other way around?
> 
> Not natively. But you could write a plugin to do it or use the
> Properties Plugin from the Codehaus sandbox:
> https://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/sandbox/properties-maven-plugin/
> 
> "The Properties Maven Plugin is here to make life a little easier when
> dealing with properties. It provides goals to read and write
> properties from files."
> 
> > Speaking of which how/can we get the version number in the pom
> > written to a property file that is then used at runtime?
> 
> You just need to set up a file with the token ${version} in it and
> tell Maven to filter it during resource processing. Alternatively, it
> seems that the Properties plugin would also handle this.

Thank you very much wayne for the detailed response. It is exactly what I 
was looking for.

-Chris


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Re: sourcing from property files

Posted by Wayne Fay <wa...@gmail.com>.
On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 1:39 AM,  <Ch...@aami.com.au> wrote:
> Is it possible to actually take a version number from a property
> file and have that used in the POM rather than the other way around?

Not natively. But you could write a plugin to do it or use the
Properties Plugin from the Codehaus sandbox:
https://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/sandbox/properties-maven-plugin/

"The Properties Maven Plugin is here to make life a little easier when
dealing with properties. It provides goals to read and write
properties from files."

> Speaking of which how/can we get the version number in the pom
> written to a property file that is then used at runtime?

You just need to set up a file with the token ${version} in it and
tell Maven to filter it during resource processing. Alternatively, it
seems that the Properties plugin would also handle this.

Wayne

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