core-it-support/core-it-plugins/maven-it-plugin-no-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/coreit/NoProjectMojo.java

package org.apache.maven.plugin.coreit;

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import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Mojo which touches a file without requiring a project.
 */
@Mojo( name = "light-touch", requiresProject = false )
public class NoProjectMojo
    extends AbstractMojo
{
    /**
     */
    @Parameter( defaultValue = "${project.build.directory}", required = true )
    private String outputDirectory;

    /**
     */
    @Parameter( defaultValue = "target/test-basedir-alignment" )
    private File basedirAlignmentDirectory;

    public void execute()
        throws MojoExecutionException
    {
        touch( new File( outputDirectory ), "touch.txt" );
    }

    private void touch( File dir, String file )
        throws MojoExecutionException
    {
        try
        {
             if ( !dir.exists() )
             {
                 dir.mkdirs();
             }

             File touch = new File( dir, file );

             getLog().info( "Touching: " + touch );

             FileWriter w = new FileWriter( touch );

             w.write( file );

             w.close();
        }
        catch ( IOException e )
        {
            throw new MojoExecutionException( "Error touching file", e );
        }
    }
}