Maven Build Plugin for Getdown

[John Oxley]

Hi All,

I have written a maven build plugin for getdown that generates the digest file.  That's all it does.

https://bitbucket.org/joxley/getdown-maven-plugin 

It is very easy to use in the maven system as can be seen from the readme. 

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.bitbucket.joxley</groupId>
    <artifactId>getdown-maven-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>0.0.1</version>
    <configuration>
        <appdir>target/app</appdir> <!-- Defaults to target -->
    </configuration>
    <executions>
        <execution>
            <phase>package</phase>
            <goals>
                <goal>digest</goal>
            </goals>
        </execution>
    </executions>
</plugin>

[Michael Bayne]

On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 12:37 AM, John Oxley <john....@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have written a maven build plugin for getdown that generates the digest
> file.  That's all it does.
>
> https://bitbucket.org/joxley/getdown-maven-plugin
>
> It is very easy to use in the maven system as can be seen from the readme.

Awesome! I'll put a link to it in the docs.

-- m...@samskivert.com

[Matjaž Smolej]

Hi John,

I've just written a plugin for Getdown too, just before I noticed your post. It is based on ideas and signing code borrowed from webstart-maven-plugin.

Currently supported features:

- generates getdown.txt and collects jars and resources from given plugin configuration (as in webstart plugin by providing single or multiple jar resources, transitive dependencies are added into getdown.txt)

- generates the digest

- signs the digest and getdown-client jar for applet mode if configured

- supports dependency artifact to [platform-architecture] options mapping based on artifact regexp matching

- very basic servlet filter for resolving system properties within getdown.txt and applet html (should be extended into a digesting/signing servlet)

- there's also a multi-module sample application demonstrating plugin configuration for manual and applet mode

I am currently evaluating IzPack to fill in the gap of creating start menu items and desktop icon for launching/uninstalling Getdown application. Plugin should probably create one Getdown applet bundle to launch the IzPack installer for the main Getdown bundle containing the real application.

Other planned features:

- custom Java installation

- generate Getdown applet fragment to prevent configuration duplication or the need for configuring Maven resource filters

- versioned mode support

The code needs some refactoring (Maven plugin development guidelines, optimizations, tests, documentation, naming, whatever...). I've got my employer's permission to give it away. I am not interested in maintaining the thing (time issue), maybe I could release everything to you or anyone interested.

Regards,

Matjaz

[John Oxley]

Hi Matjaz,

I would be very interested in maintaining it.  If you would contact me at john.oxley at gmail.com, I will look at merging it with mine.

Kind regards

John

[Allan Lauridsen]

Hi Matjaž Smolej,

did you publish the code somewhere?

Best regards

Allan