[ARCHETYPE-282] When reading the archetype-metadata.xml file, would be helpful to know if the XML was badly formed

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0-alpha-4
• Fix Version/s: 2.0
• Component/s: Generator
• Environment: Windows, but affects all envs
• Flags: Patch
• Assignee: Herve Boutemy
• Reporter: Chris Melikian
• Created: 21/Jan/10 09:31
• Updated: 05/Apr/15 14:31
• Resolved: 03/Oct/10 17:31

Description

If archetype-metadata.xml is malformed, say with a module element which is unclosed (missing slash), there is no error message displayed in the log output, even with the debug(-X) parameter set.

The DefaultArchetypeArtifactManager class contains methods which catch exceptions but do not log the problem. The problem is just silently ignored. I've created a patch file to log the problem at WARN level so that anyone who has a problem can see why it occured.