How to use the iPOJO Maven Plug-in
Basic configuration
To use the iPOJO Maven plug-in, edit the following pom.xml (replace all $XXX elements):
<project>
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<packaging>bundle</packaging> <!-- Use the BND Maven plug-in -->
<groupId>$YOUR_GROUP_ID</groupId>
<artifactId>$YOUR_ARTIFACT_ID</artifactId>
<version>$YOUR_ARTIFACT_VERSION</version>
<name>$YOUR_PROJECT_NAME</name>
<dependencies>
$YOUR_MAVEN_DEPENDENCIES
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<!-- BND Maven Plugin Configuration -->
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
<extensions>true</extensions>
<configuration>
<instructions>
<Bundle-SymbolicName>${pom.artifactId}</Bundle-SymbolicName>
<Private-Package>$YOUR_PRIVATE_PACKAGE</Private-Package>
<Export-Package>$YOUR_EXPORTED_PACKAGE</Export-Package>
</instructions>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<!-- iPOJO Maven Plugin Configuration : nothing to do -->
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-ipojo-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.6.0</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>ipojo-bundle</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
The iPOJO Maven Plug-in is generally used with the BND Maven Plug-in (more details here). However the two configurations are completely separated. So, you can use all BND Maven plug-in features. The iPOJO configuration section can be used as previously written without any changes. However it requires that your metadata file is either inside src/main/ipojo
or inside the src/main/resources
folder and named "metadata.xml".
Execution
To manipulate your project, use the "mvn clean install" command. The output should be like:
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building Hello Client
[INFO] task-segment: [clean, install]
[INFO] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] [clean:clean]
[INFO] Deleting directory D:\clement\workspaces\iPOJO-Dev\hello.client\target
[INFO] Deleting directory D:\clement\workspaces\iPOJO-Dev\hello.client\target\classes
[INFO] Deleting directory D:\clement\workspaces\iPOJO-Dev\hello.client\target\test-classes
[INFO] Deleting directory D:\clement\workspaces\iPOJO-Dev\hello.client\target\site
[INFO] [resources:resources]
[INFO] Using default encoding to copy filtered resources.
[INFO] Copying 1 resource
[INFO] [compiler:compile]
[INFO] Compiling 1 source file to D:\clement\workspaces\iPOJO-Dev\hello.client\target\classes
[INFO] [resources:testResources]
[INFO] Using default encoding to copy filtered resources.
[INFO] Resource directory does not exist: D:\clement\workspaces\iPOJO-Dev\hello.client\src\test\resources
[INFO] [compiler:testCompile]
[INFO] No sources to compile
[INFO] [surefire:test]
[INFO] No tests to run.
[INFO] [bundle:bundle]
[INFO] [org.apache.felix.ipojo.:ipojo-bundle {execution: default}]
[INFO] Start bundle manipulation
[INFO] Metadata File : D:\clement\workspaces\iPOJO-Dev\hello.client\target\classes\metadata.xml
[INFO] Input Bundle File : D:\clement\workspaces\iPOJO-Dev\hello.client\target\hello.client-0.0.1.jar
[INFO] Bundle manipulation - SUCCESS
[INFO] [install:install]
[INFO] Installing D:\clement\workspaces\iPOJO-Dev\hello.client\target\hello.client-0.0.1.jar to D:\Dev\maven-repo\ipojo\example\hello.client\0.0.1\hello.client-0.0.1.jar
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESSFUL
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 9 seconds
[INFO] Finished at: Mon Aug 13 14:04:55 CEST 2007
[INFO] Final Memory: 6M/13M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Configuration Options
You can configure the localization of the iPOJO metadata file as following:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-ipojo-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.6.0</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>ipojo-bundle</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<metadata>ipojo/meta.xml</metadata>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
In the metadata element, you can specify your metadata file or directory. The given file path is relative to the root directory ("./ipojo/meta.xml"). If the specified location is a directory, all contained XML files will be used. By default, the plugin searches metadata files into the src/main/ipojo
folder. If not found then it searches for target/classes/metadata.xml
and ./metadata.xml
.
Note: The directory support was introduced in the 1.7.0
version. Previously only one metadata file was found.
Compatibility: Before the 1.7.0
, the set location was searched in all resource folders. This is no more supported because it's an anti-pattern.
The second option allows skipping annotations processing, by using the ignoreAnnotations
element:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-ipojo-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.6.0</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>ipojo-bundle</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<ignoreAnnotations>true</ignoreAnnotations>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
You can also ignore embedded XML-Schemas to use external ones. To do so, add the ignoreEmbeddedSchemas
. If set to true
, the manipulator doesn't use embedded XML-Schemas:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-ipojo-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.6.0</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>ipojo-bundle</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<ignoreEmbeddedSchemas>true</ignoreEmbeddedSchemas>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
Generate the skeleton of your iPOJO bundle
The maven-ipojo-plugin provides a way to generate the skeleton of your project. To generate this structure, just launch the following command:
mvn org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-archetype-plugin:generate \ -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-ipojo-plugin \ -DarchetypeGroupId=org.apache.felix \ -DartifactId=ARTIFACT_NAME_OF_YOUR_PROJECT \ -DgroupId=GROUP_ID_OF_YOUR_PROJECT \ -DarchetypeVersion=VERSION_OF_YOUR_PROJECT \ -DpackageName=PACKAGE_NAME
This command generates :
- a pom file (to update),
- the src/main/java and src/main/resources folders,
- the structure of your package name.
The generated project uses iPOJO annotation and is ready to be deployed.
Maven Archetype
The maven-ipojo-plugin archetype generates a pom file using the latest released version of the maven-ipojo-plugin.
Describing iPOJO configuration in the pom file
It is also possible to describe iPOJO components and instances inside the pom file (avoiding using a externalized file). The configuration can be described in the metadata
attribute inside a CDATA block.
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-ipojo-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.6.0</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>ipojo-bundle</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<ignoreAnnotations>true</ignoreAnnotations>
<metadata>
<![CDATA[
<ipojo
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="org.apache.felix.ipojo http://felix.apache.org/ipojo/schemas/CURRENT/core.xsd"
xmlns="org.apache.felix.ipojo">
<component
classname="org.apache.felix.ipojo.test.scenarios.component.LifecycleControllerTest"
name="LFC-Test">
<provides />
<controller field="m_state" />
<properties>
<property name="conf" field="m_conf" method="setConf" />
</properties>
</component>
<component
classname="org.apache.felix.ipojo.test.scenarios.component.LifecycleControllerTest"
name="LFC-Test-Immediate" immediate="true" architecture="true">
<provides />
<controller field="m_state" />
<properties>
<property name="conf" field="m_conf" method="setConf" />
</properties>
</component>
</ipojo>
]]>
</metadata>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>