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Hervé Boutemy edited comment on MSHARED-567 at 7/8/16 7:09 PM: --------------------------------------------------------------- while thinking at it, I see 2 reasonable options: 1. replace {{setToolchain( Toolchain toolchain )}} with {{setToolchain( Object toolchain )}} and use reflection for the {{findTool(String)}} call 2. simply remove this method: honestly, for the calling code, instead of {{setToolchain(..)}}, coding {code:java} if (toolchain == null ) { do with shared-utils } else { do with toolchain } {code} is not so much different and when I look at implementation, I see that the tool name has ".exe" added before using toolchain, but it should not: I really fear the current code simply does not work option 2, ie simply removing this toolchain support, looks to be the right solution to me any objection? was (Author: hboutemy): while thinking at it, I see 2 reasonable options: 1. replace {{setToolchain( Toolchain toolchain )}} with {{setToolchain( Object toolchain )}} and use reflection for the {{findTool(String)}} call 2. simply remove this method: honestly, for the calling code, instead of {{setToolchain(..)}}, coding {{ if (toolchain == null ) { do with shared-utils } else { do with toolchain } }} is not so much different and when I look at implementation, I see that the tool name has ".exe" added before using toolchain, but it should not: I really fear the current code simply does not work option 2, ie simply removing this toolchain support, looks to be the right solution to me any objection? > remove dependency on Maven core > ------------------------------- > > Key: MSHARED-567 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MSHARED-567 > Project: Maven Shared Components > Issue Type: Wish > Components: maven-shared-utils > Affects Versions: maven-shared-utils-3.0.2 > Reporter: Hervé Boutemy > > while creating an API for java tool in MSHARED-304, Maven core's Toolchain > API is used: this makes maven-shared-utils dependant on Maven core. > Since maven-shared-utils is expected to be a fundamental utilities library, > ideally which could replace plexus-utils, depending on Maven core will cause > a chicken and egg issue, since Maven core should be able to use > maven-shared-utils > for example, I'm working on MSHARED-562 and this dependency makes me think > that I cannot let the new code in maven-shared-utils and create a dependency > from Maven core on maven-shared-utils... -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)