[MNG-5718] Change 'provides' from Object to Properties in toolchains.xml

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.2.5
• Component/s: Toolchains
• Assignee: Robert Scholte
• Reporter: Robert Scholte
• Created: 03/Nov/14 15:39
• Updated: 28/Mar/20 14:58
• Resolved: 03/Nov/14 16:11

Description

Officially the content of the <provides> element in a toolchain was free of structure, although we only know Properties-like structures. To be able to support the merging of toolchains ( MNG-5714 ) it is better to drop the free structure and change it to Properties.

The jdk toolchain will be modified accordingly, being transparent for users.

But any custom toolchain implementation will need to be updated.

Issue Links

• is depended upon by: MNG-5714 Add Merger for Maven Toolchain
• relates to: MTOOLCHAINS-6 Cannot create custom toolchain type
• relates to: MNG-5720 Change 'configuration' from Object to Properties in toolchains.xml