Apache Releases Maven 2.0 Beta Version

Posts Open Source Build Tool for Java

Sep. 18, 2005 06:00 AM

The Apache Software Foundation has posted the first beta of Maven 2.0, an open source build tool for Java that's more declarative and less procedural than Ant.

According to the Maven site, Maven 2.0 will feel very different to a Maven 1.0 user - and perhaps a little strange. But it is a lot simpler to work with! The key changes from Maven 1.0 are:

* Faster and smaller - The Maven core no longer uses Ant, Jelly or Xerces making it much smaller, has fewer dependencies and is perfect for embedding in other tools.

* Defined build lifecycle - No more prereqs, preGoals and postGoals. The build is a series of well defined phases. This also means that the normal goal names are not used - compile, test and install work for any project type.

* Built-in multiple project handling - Use the same goals on a set of projects, and aggregate the results.

* Improved SNAPSHOT handling - Snapshots are now checked for updates only once per day by default - though can be configured to be once per build, on a particular interval, or never. A command line option can force a check - making it more like updating from an SCM.

* No more properties files - All plugins are now configured from the POM (which is now called pom.xml).

* No more maven.xml - Plugins are now easier to build and integrate, and are the only way to script developer’s builds. (Note that additions may later be made to the POM to allow simple things that scripting was used for, such as goal aliasing).

* No more Jelly - Plugins are primarily written in Java, though there are providers for other scripting languages. This release includes support for Marmalade, a scripting framework that supports an XML syntax similar to Jelly which can be used to integrate Ant tasks and has a Jelly compatibility layer.

* Improved repository layout - Maven 2.0 supports both the existing layout, and an improved repository layout that has deeper, partitioned structure making it easier to browse.

The website adds, “The elimination of Jelly in favor of Java should be a real improvement. Extending Maven 1.0 is vastly too difficult”.

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