I have tried the ANT-tasks that eclipse provides, and at least for
plugin-packaging they seem over-complicated. I have had success (just
recently based on the mini-guide for assembly) in packaging the
update-jar for an eclipse plugin as follows:
Pom.xml (note I'm specifying a MANIFEST.MF file)
===============
<!--
previously downloaded the eclipse jars into
local repo and put in for compile-time dependency
-->
<build>
<sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<archive>
<manifestFile>src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF</manifestFile>
</archive>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<descriptor>src/main/assembly/dep.xml</descriptor>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
===end pom.xml===
Src/main/assembly/dep.xml
================
<assembly>
<!-- TODO: a jarjar format would be better -->
<id>dep</id>
<formats>
<format>jar</format>
</formats>
<fileSets>
<fileSet>
<outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
</fileSet>
<!-- I think this is everyting based on eclipse workspace -->
<fileset dir="${basedir}"
includes="plugin.xml,META-INF/,null,icons/,pom.xml,toc.xml,html/"/>
</fileSets>
<dependencySets>
<dependencySet>
<outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
<unpack>true</unpack>
<scope>runtime</scope>
<excludes>
<exclude>junit:junit</exclude>
</excludes>
</dependencySet>
</dependencySets>
</assembly>
===end dep.xml===
I'm also interested in the features/update sites possibility,
particuarly where I want to accomplish these tasks through autobuild
instead of manually through Eclipse. I imagine something related to the
:release maven plugin would come into play.
P.s. I have also recently learned that the update-jar name does NOT seem
to matter for Eclipse to load, so you can use the
{artifactId}-{version}.jar for the eclipse-plugin-jar and deploy to
repo. Again, only so-far, if there is something later that this may
impact please let me know!
-D
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