improved documentation
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@@ -3,17 +3,18 @@
-----
Hervé Boutemy
-----
- 2011-07-06
+ 2013-04-13
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Maven Reporting Executor
- Classes to manage report plugin executions with Maven 3.
-
- Report plugins can be configured in <<<\<configuration\>>>> element of <<<maven-site-plugin>>> or any other
+ Classes to manage report plugin executions with Maven 3, through
+ {{{./apidocs/org/apache/maven/reporting/exec/MavenReportExecutor.html}MavenReportExecutor}}
+ ({{{./apidocs/org/apache/maven/reporting/exec/DefaultMavenReportExecutor.html}implementation}}):
+ report plugins can be configured in <<<\<configuration\>>>> element of <<<maven-site-plugin>>> or any other
report building plugin with following XML model:
-+----
++----+
<reportPlugins>
<plugin>
<groupId/>
@@ -30,10 +31,29 @@
</reportSets>
</plugin>
</reportPlugins>
-+----
++----+
- Notice: this is the model from plugins in <<<\<reporting\>>>> section of POM without <<<\<inherited\>>>> element
- and with immediate <<<\<reports\>>>> list (ie not in <<<\<reportSet\>>>>) that simplifies reports configuration in usual cases.
+ Notice this is the model from plugins in
+ {{{/ref/current/maven-model/maven.html#class_reporting}<<<\<reporting\>>>> section of POM}}:
+
+ [[a]] without <<<\<inherited\>>>> element,
+
+ [[b]] without support for reporting plugins configuration inheritance (see {{{http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MSITE-484}MSITE-484}}),
+
+ [[c]] with additional <<<\<reports\>>>> list outside <<<\<reportSet\>>>> that simplifies reports configuration in usual cases,
+
+ [[d]] with support for report plugins without explicit version: version is determed by
+
+ [[1]] searching similar (same groupId and artifactId) mojo in the build/plugins section of the pom,
+
+ [[2]] searching similar (same groupId and artifactId) mojo in the build/pluginManagement section of the pom,
+
+ [[3]] asking {{{/ref/current/maven-core/apidocs/org/apache/maven/plugin/version/PluginVersionResolver.html}PluginVersionResolver}}
+ to get a fallback version and display a warning as it's not a recommended use.
+
+ []
+
+ []
Maven 3 core makes an automatic transformation of <<<\<reporting\>>>> POM section to <<<maven-site-plugin>>>
configuration through the
