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ASF GitHub Bot commented on ARCHETYPE-487:
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Github user mryan43 commented on the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/maven-archetype/pull/7
Hi @stain, I have integrated the feedback from @michael-o, let me know if
you need anything else.
> Input validation for required properties defined in artifact descriptor
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> Key: ARCHETYPE-487
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARCHETYPE-487
> Project: Maven Archetype
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: Archetypes, Generator, Plugin
> Reporter: Manuel Ryan
> Priority: Minor
>
> Add the possibility to define validation regular expressions for required
> properties in artifact descriptors.
> Use the regular expressions to validate user input (and ask the user to try
> again if the expression doesn't match)
> here's an example of a property that is required by the archetype to be only
> lower case alphabet characters:
> --- in archetype-metadata.xml :
> <requiredProperty key="username">
> <validationRegex>^[a-z]*$</validationRegex>
> </requiredProperty>
> --- at prompt :
> Define value for property 'username' (should match expression '^[a-z]*$'):
> John
> Value does not match the expression, please try again: john
> Define value for property...
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