[KARAF-365] Merge .kar files in features-maven-plugin during "add-features-to-repo" goal

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 4.0.0.M3, 3.0.5
• Component/s: karaf
• Assignee: Jean-Baptiste Onofré
• Reporter: Andreas Pieber
• Created: 10/Jan/11 15:06
• Updated: 16/Sep/18 04:35
• Resolved: 26/May/15 08:26

Description

What I can think of there is to extend the add-feature-to-repo goal to something like:

      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.karaf.tooling</groupId>
        <artifactId>features-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>${karaf.version}</version>
        <executions>
          <execution>
            <id>add-features-to-repo</id>
            <phase>generate-resources</phase>
            <goals>
              <goal>add-features-to-repo</goal>
            </goals>
            <configuration>
              <descriptors>
                DESCRIPTORS
              </descriptors>
              <features>
                FEATURES
              </features>
              <kars>
                KARS
              </kars>
              <repository>target/features-repo</repository>
              <failOnArtifactResolutionError>true</failOnArtifactResolutionError>
            </configuration>
          </execution>
        </executions>
      </plugin>

.kar files could be installed via maven but basically nothing more than merging them into the "repository" happens. This should do it for now, should be simple to implement but allow an additional abstraction layer since entire packages could be used without looking at the features file at this place at all.

I'm not sure by now how useful this will be since you can do the same via the feature file (which is anyhow required to build a kar file). But at least it would assist to make .kar to the default packaging for karaf features.

Issue Links

• is related to: KARAF-424 Maven packaging for feature, kar, karaf-assembly; mojos based on geronimo server assemblies