dynamic goals

[Michael Hartmeier <Mi...@softwareag.com>]

Hi!

I want to write a plugin that defines goals dynamically. MyPlugin
contains some Java classes and every suitable Java method has to be
defined as a goal. For example, the class Foo {
  public static void bar() {
    System.out.println("hello");
  }
should result in a goal "MyPlugin:bar". 
I have written a plugin.jelly goal "MyPlugin:init" that uses Java
reflection to get hold of the method names and defines the appropriate
goals. Everything works fine if I call init explicitly from maven.xml,
e.g. I can invoke
  maven MyPlugin:foo
from the command line.

However, I want dynamic goals to be available like an arbitrary static
goal, without the need to define a maven.xml to initialize the plugin.
How can I get rid of this explicit init call in maven.xml? Is there a
mechanism to initialize plugin?

Michael



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