[SUREFIRE-574] additionalClasspathElements-feature improved

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.4.3
• Fix Version/s: 2.19
• Component/s: Maven Surefire Plugin
• Environment: any
• Assignee: Tibor Digana
• Reporter: Christian Moser
• Created: 12/Sep/09 07:15
• Updated: 23/Jun/15 21:01
• Resolved: 23/Jun/15 21:00

Description

I need to extend the classpath of the surefire-plugin by a standard java classpath (file.jar;file2.jar;file3.jar) contained in a property accessible by the executing pom file.
Unfortunatelly you have to add every single file by your own:

<additionalClasspathElements>
<additionalClasspathElement>file1.jar</additionalClasspathElement>
<additionalClasspathElement>file2.jar</additionalClasspathElement>
</additionalClasspathElements>

So I've wrote a simple patch to extend the classpath by adding just one element:

<additionalClasspathElements>
<additionalClasspathElement>${var.cp}</additionalClasspathElement> (var.cp contains: file1.jar;file2.jar;file3.jar etc)
</additionalClasspathElements>

What do you think about it and will you add this improvement to the release version?
I need this feature in my daily busines..