Hi,

No, it's not possible AFAIK: Java doesn't have the notion of a 'current 
directory'
or 'working directory'; you can only find out the directory that java started 
from,
and it cannot be changed (like chdir(2) @ man-pages).
(Btw, I'f I'm wrong I sure want to know about it! :))

All plugins however have access to a ${basedir} variable, containing the path to
the pom.xml currently being built.

If you look at MavenArcheTypePlugin line 179, you'll find:

       String basedir = System.getProperty( "user.dir" );

So this plugin only supports creating/updating projects in the startup 
directory.
You might get away with updating that system property (but it's probably 
readonly),
and even if it's possible to update it I can't recommend it,
especially in a multithreaded environment like Eclipse (your plugin could be 
called
from the embedder).

Your best bet is to get the archetype plugin updated[1],
or use the archetype api directly - the plugin is actually only a few lines of 
code.


-- Kenney

[1] :

Index: src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/archetype/MavenArchetypeMojo.java
===================================================================
--- src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/archetype/MavenArchetypeMojo.java     
(revision 452498)
+++ src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/archetype/MavenArchetypeMojo.java     
(working copy)
@@ -155,6 +155,11 @@
     */
    private MavenProject project;

+    /**
+     * @param default-value="${user.dir}"
+     */
+    private String basedir = System.getProperty( "user.dir" );
+
    public void execute()
        throws MojoExecutionException
    {
@@ -176,8 +181,6 @@
            groupId = project.getGroupId();
        }

-        String basedir = System.getProperty( "user.dir" );
-
        if ( packageName == null )
        {
            getLog().info( "Defaulting package to group ID: " + groupId );




kovalen pechaycaren wrote:
Hello,
I have developed some maven2 plugins and to run them I should be in the
directory of the pom.xml file. Is there a way of running my plugin anywhere
(like for e.g mvn archetype:create)?

Thanks

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