maven-script-ant path id problem in the ant build file

[Peter Anning <PA...@dialectsolutions.com>]

Hi,

I am trying to build an Ant plugin for Maven 2. Having followed the Hello World example on the maven site and got everything working I now have the following problem in the real world. A path defined in the build.xml is not being created properly when calling from maven but works from Ant.

Maven 2.0.4
maven-script-ant 2.0.1

in my projectName.build.xml I define a path
<project>

    <path id="dbmstools-jython-classpath">
        <pathelement location="${library.jython-task.jar}" />
        <pathelement location="${library.jython.jar}" />
    </path>
 ...

    <target name="print-build-properties">
        <echo message="Jython Task Jar: ${library.jython-task.jar}"/>
        <echo message="Main Jython Lib Jar: ${library.jython.jar}"/>
        <property name="my-dbmstools-jython-classpath" refid="dbmstools-jython-classpath"/>
        <echo message="Jython Classpath: ${my-dbmstools-jython-classpath}"/>
    </target>
</project>

In my projectName.mojos.xml I define the parameters
<pluginMetadata>
  <mojos>
    <mojo>

    ...
        <parameter>
          <name>library.jython.jar</name> 
          <property>library.jython.jar</property> 
          <required>true</required> 
          <expression>${library.jython.jar}</expression>
          <type>java.lang.String</type>
          <description>The Jython Jar</description>
        </parameter>
        <parameter>
          <name>library.jython-task.jar</name> 
          <property>library.jython-task.jar</property> 
          <required>true</required> 
          <expression>${library.jython-task.jar}</expression>
          <type>java.lang.String</type>
          <description>The Jython Task Jar</description>
        </parameter>

The output from running the plugin is:

[echo] Jython Task Jar: E:\path\to\jython-task-0.3.8.jar
[echo] Main Jython Lib Jar: E:\path\to\jython-2.1.jar
[echo] Jython Classpath: E:\path\to\project\${library.jython-task.jar};E:\path\to\project\{library.jython.jar}

So its not picking up the correct path as input via the properties.

Running it from from ant works fine:

[echo] Jython Task Jar: E:\path\to\jython-task-0.3.8.jar
[echo] Main Jython Lib Jar: E:\path\to\jython-2.1.jar
[echo] Jython Classpath: E:\path\to\jython-task-0.3.8.jar;E:\path\to\jython-2.1.jar

I have searched and searched for help with this plugin but have found next to nothing. Anybody know what I can try or the best source of info.

Thanks and Regards
Peter Anning
Sr. Software Engineer