[MNG-5991] Use xml attributes to shorten POM

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Component/s: POM
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Frank Lloyd Teh
• Created: 27/Mar/16 09:29
• Updated: 18/May/16 19:14
• Resolved: 27/Mar/16 11:42

Description

Is it possible to greatly shorten the pom by using xml attributes ?

For example the dependency element :

<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.0</version>
<type>jar</type>
<scope>test</scope>
<optional>true</optional>
</dependency>

Can be shortened to

<dependency groupId="junit" artifactId="junit" version="4.0" type="jar" scope="test" optional="true" />

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: MNG-5653 [RFC] POM using attributes for plugin definitions
• is duplicated by: MNG-3397 [RFC] change the POM to use attributes