Hi Markus, How will this be different from https://khmarbaise.github.io/iterator-maven-plugin/iterator-mojo.html ?
Kind regards, Delany On Sun, 17 Jul 2022 at 19:36, Markus Karg <mar...@headcrashing.eu> wrote: > Dear Maven Developers, > > > > today I'd like to propose a new core feature of Maven: Maven Workflows. > > > > Since several time there had been workflow-style plugins, i. e. plugins > that > simply execute mojos of other plugins in a particular sequence. Well-known > examples are the Maven Release Plugin (which implements a flow of SCM and > Version operations), the Git-Flow Maven Plugin (which implements a flow of > SCM operations) and in some why the Groovy Maven Plugin (which, besides > custom code, is able to invoke Maven plugin to implement a flow). Some > people start coding custom plugins for more custom flows, other people use > bash scripting to implement their flows using a sequence of mvn > invocations, > both with the benefit that neither Maven itself nor Maven-enabled tools > (like IDEs or CI/CD) neither "see" nor "understand" these workflows -- > hence > cannot support custom workflows, or only with a lot of more custom code > (like custom IDE plugins). It is time to discuss the ideo of natively > supporting Workflows! > > > > What I like to propose is: > > > > * Maven core has new interface "Workflow", is able to customize it using > <workflow> POM elements. > > * A "Workflow" is defined as a sequence of plugin executions. Workflows can > includes <if> or <case> to query properties. > > * A new "Maven Workflow Plugin", is able to execute workflows. > > * IDEs can "see" and execute workflows. > > > > This is just a core idea and certainly needs more in-depth thoughts. But so > far, what do you think? > > > > -Markus > > > >
