core-it-support/core-it-plugins/maven-it-plugin-artifact/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/coreit/LatestMojo.java

package org.apache.maven.plugin.coreit;

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import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.ArtifactRepositoryMetadata;
import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.Versioning;
import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;

/**
 * Marks the project's artifact as the latest version.
 *
 * @goal latest
 * @phase package
 *
 * @author Benjamin Bentmann
 */
public class LatestMojo
    extends AbstractMojo
{

    /**
     * The main project artifact.
     *
     * @parameter default-value="${project.artifact}"
     * @readonly
     * @required
     */
    private Artifact projectArtifact;

    /**
     * Runs this mojo.
     */
    public void execute()
        throws MojoExecutionException
    {
        Versioning versioning = new Versioning();
        versioning.setLatest( projectArtifact.getVersion() );
        versioning.updateTimestamp();

        ArtifactRepositoryMetadata metadata = new ArtifactRepositoryMetadata( projectArtifact, versioning );
        projectArtifact.addMetadata( metadata );

        getLog().info( "[MAVEN-CORE-IT-LOG] Marked artifact as latest" );
    }

}