[SLING-5335] maven-sling-plugin: Allow installing bundles through SlingPostServlet mechanisms

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: Maven Sling Plugin 2.1.8
• Component/s: Maven Plugins and Archetypes
• Assignee: Konrad Windszus
• Reporter: Steven Walters
• Created: 26/Nov/15 21:03
• Updated: 16/Mar/16 19:03
• Resolved: 25/Feb/16 14:32

Description

Add an additional route of installing bundles in maven-sling-plugin through the SlingPostServlet mechanisms.

Currently, there are only two methodologies supported for installing (and uninstall) bundles:

1. Through POSTing to the Felix Web Console
2. Through PUTing to WebDAV

By adding the ability to install through SlingPostServlet, bundles can be deployed into the resource tree (JCR) when WebDAV is not installed.

For maintaining full-backwards compatibility, the proposition here is the addition of another boolean flag to the Mojo named useSlingPost that defaults to false.
Altering this new flag to be the value true will trigger the use of the new methodology.