[MNG-5011] Allow to configure array/collection type plugin parameters via system properties

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.0.2
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.3
• Component/s: Command Line, Plugins and Lifecycle
• Assignee: Benjamin Bentmann
• Reporter: Benjamin Bentmann
• Created: 12/Feb/11 09:46
• Updated: 06/Apr/15 00:09
• Resolved: 12/Feb/11 10:11

Description

It would be helpful for plugin authors and users if Maven could configure collections/arrays from comma-separated property values, e.g.

mvn -Dincludes=*Foo,*Bar,whatever/** goal

This allows plugin authors to consequently use the proper data type for parameters and avoids doing manual string splitting to please the user's occasional need to configure a parameter from the command line.

Issue Links

• relates to: MJARSIGNER-15 ${jarsigner.arguments} expression does not work.
• relates to: MNG-4551 List parameter in a mojo has strange behaviour