[jira] [Created] (MNG-7589) MavenXpp3Writer writes empty empty property with self-closing tag?

["Jeff Thomas (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Jeff Thomas created MNG-7589:
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             Summary: MavenXpp3Writer writes empty empty property with self-closing tag?
                 Key: MNG-7589
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-7589
             Project: Maven
          Issue Type: Wish
          Components: Core
    Affects Versions: 3.8.6
         Environment: Maven 3.8.6
            Reporter: Jeff Thomas


I am using a maven-plugin which manipulates the POM and writes a new POM model.  (similar to 'maven-git-versioning-extension' or 'flatten-maven-plugin').

When writing a POM using the MavenXpp3Writer a property without a value is written out as follows:

 
{code:java}
<project>
  <properties>
    <some.property></some.property>
  </properties>
</project>
{code}
 

Would it be possible to write this out with a self-closing tag? Or provide an option to the writer to do so?

 
{code:java}
<project>
  <properties>
    <some.property/>
  </properties>
</project> {code}
Its just eye-candy but the IDE (IntelliJ) displays warnings for empty tags and I don't want to disable the check globally. :)

 

Why empty properties?

For some plugins we use empty properties as placeholders which child projects or sub-modules can override.  For example: maven-surefire-plugin `argLine`.  This prevents other IDE errors for missing properties when editing the POM.

 



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