Usage

Source Structure

To use this plugin, structure your PDE plugin and feature directories using the following format:

  features
    feature-1
    feature-2
    ....
  plugins
    plugin-1
    plugin-2 (if this is a pde product then also include the following:)
      your-product-name.product (for pde products only)
      buildConfiguration/build.properties (for pde products only)
    ....

Build with the custom build lifecycle provided by pde-maven-plugin

To build each feature/plugin with the custom build lifecycle provided by pde-maven-plugin, place a pom file with following contents.

<project>

  .....
  
  <packaging>zip</packaging>
  
  <build>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
        <artifactId>pde-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        <extensions>true</extensions>
        <configuration>
           <buildProperties>
             Additional PDE ant properies goes here
             .....
           </buildProperties>
        </configuration>
        <!-- Also bind to mvn clean -->
        <executions>
          <execution>
            <id>clean-pde</id>
            <phase>clean</phase>
            <goals>
              <goal>clean</goal>
            </goals>
          </execution>
        </executions>        
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>
  
</project>

Note that, building a PDE feature or product also triggers its plugin builds, therefore it is not neccessary to place a pom under dependent plugins.

Build with default maven build lifecycle

You can configure pde:attach to a build execution so that you have complete control over where in the build lifecylce you want the plugin to be executed.

<project>

  .....
  
  <packaging>pom</packaging>
  
  <build>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
        <artifactId>pde-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        <configuration>
           <buildProperties>
             Additional PDE ant properies goes here
             .....
           </buildProperties>
        </configuration>
        <executions>
          <execution>
            <id>build-pde</id>
            <phase>compile</phase>
            <goals>
              <goal>attach</goal>
            </goals>
          </execution>
          <!-- Also bind to mvn clean -->
          <execution>
            <id>clean-pde</id>
            <phase>clean</phase>
            <goals>
              <goal>clean</goal>
            </goals>
          </execution>          
        </executions>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>
  
</project>