I'm currently struggling a bit with extension.xml descriptor there is
https://maven.apache.org/ref/3.8.4/maven-core/extension.html
that roughly describes the elements and there is
https://maven.apache.org/ref/3.6.3/maven-core/core-extensions.html
what list what maven do exports.
What I'm missing is a more detailed explanation how it is supposed to
work, e.g.:
- Can any jar contain such descriptor? Should my extension contain one?
- What is the difference between exportedPackages and exportedArtifacts,
should an exportedArtifact match a depednecy of a plugin/extension to be
used?
- in the maven descriptor there re some packages ending with .* but from
the code I can't see what should be the effect and the descriptor also
list sub-packages, so what is this used for?
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