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ASF GitHub Bot commented on MPLUGIN-426: ---------------------------------------- bmarwell commented on code in PR #152: URL: https://github.com/apache/maven-plugin-tools/pull/152#discussion_r996494722 ########## maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/annotations/scanner/DefaultMojoAnnotationsScanner.java: ########## @@ -306,11 +318,21 @@ protected void analyzeVisitors( MojoClassVisitor mojoClassVisitor ) populateAnnotationContent( parameterAnnotationContent, fieldAnnotationVisitor ); + DescriptionAnnotationContent descriptionAnnotationContent = new DescriptionAnnotationContent(); + final MojoAnnotationVisitor descriptionAnnotationVisitor = + annotationVisitorMap.get( Description.class.getName() ); + if ( descriptionAnnotationVisitor != null ) + { + populateAnnotationContent( descriptionAnnotationContent, descriptionAnnotationVisitor ); + } Review Comment: `@Description` is optional and thus can be `null`. > Description annotation for Mojo and Parameters > ---------------------------------------------- > > Key: MPLUGIN-426 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPLUGIN-426 > Project: Maven Plugin Tools > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: maven-plugin-annotations, Plugin Plugin > Affects Versions: 3.4, 3.5.2, 3.6.4 > Reporter: Benjamin Marwell > Priority: Major > > Hey all! > h2. Overview > This is actually reopening https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPLUGIN-247 > which was closed as won't fix. > I tried to implement a kotlin parser, but it is really hard to do so, because > you cannot reuse any of the Methods from JavaAnnotationsParser. > That said, someone used messy reflections for this: > [https://github.com/random-maven/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/blob/35371c19004622645f87c35c2317a7c860b924a5/src/main/java/com/carrotgarden/maven/tools/Extractor.java#L57-L67] > Trying this without reflection will lead you to iterate over files again and > again (here's a barebone): > [https://github.com/bmarwell/maven-plugin-tools-kotlin-extractor/blob/main/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/kotlin/KotlinKdocExtractor.java#L80-L87] > Tamas' request was to have one extractor per JVM language in a separate > project. But due to his current API changes, this would be a lot of work to > do! > [https://github.com/apache/maven-plugin-tools/commit/ba8eb2dc52fb406f9e3897c9577f0bf0d4b0f0fc] > especially you'd have to mantain multiple versions (<3.7, >= 3.7). > h2. Downsides of custom extractors > # Setting up as a user is complicated, see this example: > {code:java} > <!-- Generate plugin.xml descriptor. --> > <plugin> > <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> > <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId> > <dependencies> > <!-- Provide custom extractor. --> > <dependency> > <groupId>com.carrotgarden.maven</groupId> > > <artifactId>maven-plugin-tools-annotations</artifactId> > <version>[1,2)</version> > </dependency> > </dependencies> > <configuration> > <goalPrefix>bintray</goalPrefix> > <extractors> > <!-- Use only custom extractor. --> > <extractor>java-annotations-extra</extractor> > </extractors> > </configuration> > </plugin> {code} > # More dependencies to update! > # You need two versions: One for plugin-tools <3.7 and one for plugin tools > >=3.7 due to API incompatiblity (new interface methods without defaults). > h2. Alternative: Provide @Description annotation > That said, just adding a description mojo with fields "description", "since", > "deprecated" would be the easiest way to solve this. It is easily backwards > compatible (just use javadoc if no annotation is present) and it is similar > to what OpenAPI annotations do - they do not parse javadoc either. Besides, > Javadoc can have a different level of detail comparing to the Mojo > Descrption. So a separation might be feasible after all! > > This enables plugins written in scala, kotlin and groovy (and any fancy > language for the JVM in the future) to be written with full documentation, > without requiring maven-plugin-plugin to have per-language extension and > source code parser dependency. -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.20.10#820010)