[ARCHETYPE-655] Get rid of Wagon API to download catalogs

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Konrad Windszus
• Created: 29/Jan/24 14:23
• Updated: 30/Jan/24 11:24

Description

Currently the RemoteCatalogArchetypeDataSource relies on Wagon API to download the catalog from a Maven repository (https://github.com/apache/maven-archetype/blob/3a2b725198c3823fd5d7e9f88b665b2e4515a202/archetype-common/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/archetype/source/RemoteCatalogArchetypeDataSource.java#L127-L149). 

Instead the Maven Resolver API should be used directly. At the same time some more flexibility with regards to repository ids would be beneficial (in order to support multiple custom catalogs or to reuse existing repository/server sections in the settings.xml). In the best case even merging catalog XMLs from multiple repos (with deduplication) should be supported.

 

Issue Links

• is related to: ARCHETYPE-654 Clarify repository/server id used for custom repository catalog