Stefan Seifert created MCHANGES-466:
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Summary: Add optional parameter passRawText
Key: MCHANGES-466
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MCHANGES-466
Project: Maven Changes Plugin
Issue Type: New Feature
Reporter: Stefan Seifert
By default, all text read from changes.xml is interpreted as plaint text, and
transferred 1:1 to the generated changes reports, which is most times HTML, but
can also be other formats like PDF. Thus any HTML markup that is included in
changes.xml is not treated as markup but as plain text, even if HTML output is
generated.
Goal of this ticket is to introduced a new parameter {{passRawText}} for the
{{changes}} goal, which passes the text contained in changes XML as "raw text"
to Doxia, allowing HTML markup contained in changes.xml to be transferred 1:1
to the output, thus being interpreted as HTML markup in HTML output. The
parameter is set to false by default. I has to be documented clearly to the
user that setting this parameter to true will break any non-HTML output, so
users should use it with care.
If enabled, and if only HTML output is used, setting the parameter to true
allows to use advanced formatting/markup in the changes reports like:
* Links (anchor tags)
* Simple formatting like bold and italics to highlight important things in the
changelog
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This new feature is a replacement for the {{escapeHTML}} parameter, which was
present in changes plugin version 2.x and was removed for 3.x as it was marked
as deprecated a long time ago.
Technically, an implementation for this new feature is quite similar to
reverting PRs https://github.com/apache/maven-changes-plugin/pull/54 and
https://github.com/apache/maven-changes-plugin/pull/48, but using a different
parameter name and inverse parameter meaning. An integration test should be
added as well.
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