Bruno Borges created MPLUGIN-352:
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Summary: Add support for :config goal for all plugins
Key: MPLUGIN-352
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPLUGIN-352
Project: Maven Plugin Tools
Issue Type: New Feature
Components: API, maven-plugin-annotations, Metadata Model, Plugin
Plugin
Affects Versions: 3.6.0
Reporter: Bruno Borges
Maven Plugins often require a <configuration> element that must be provided by
the user, either manually edited or usually copy/pasted. Some plugins are well
known by IDEs and this element can be auto-completed fairly well. But in
general, the <configuration> element has no XML Schema support, and developers
have to rely on documentation, sometimes complex, in how to set up the
different elements and values.
The Azure Web App Maven plugin introduced in version 1.6.0 a :config goal that
provides users with an interactive mode in the command line that guides users
through the many different options and deployment models. Then generates the
<configuration> element and updates the pom.xml file on behalf of the user.
https://github.com/microsoft/azure-maven-plugins/blob/master/azure-webapp-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/microsoft/azure/maven/webapp/ConfigMojo.java
Currently, there is no standard way for plugins to define a configuration goal.
This feature can provide the foundation for this goal, where plugins simply
have to define the structure and data schema, and the :config goal can be
abstracted well enough for 80-90% of all plugins.
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