Maven Plugin not accepting values from a property file.

Question

Hi,
I want to create javadocs using maven.
It works fine when i provide all the absolute paths in the pom.
But when i try to provide paths by reading a property file then the maven-javadoc-plugin does not get the paths from this property file.
The property file is defined as mentioned in below format:
src_mvn_consult_framework_dir=/var/lib/hudson/jobs/CZ_NAB_CORE_MVN_CHECKOUT/workspace/middleware/projects/framework
src_mvn_consult_module_dir=/var/lib/hudson/jobs/CZ_NAB_CORE_MVN_CHECKOUT/workspace/middleware/projects/module
src_mvn_consult_appx_dir=/var/lib/hudson/jobs/CZ_NAB_CORE_MVN_CHECKOUT/workspace/middleware/projects/appx
src_mvn_consult_client_dir=/var/lib/hudson/jobs/CZ_NAB_CORE_MVN_CHECKOUT/workspace/middleware/projects/client
src_mvn_consult_app_webservice_dir=/var/lib/hudson/jobs/CZ_NAB_CORE_MVN_CHECKOUT/workspace/middleware/application/com.ofss.fc.cz.nab.webservices
src_mvn_consult_app_middleware_dir=/var/lib/hudson/jobs/CZ_NAB_CORE_MVN_CHECKOUT/workspace/middleware/application/com.ofss.fc.cz.nab.middleware
Calling this property file in the pom like:
<plugin>
     <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
     <artifactId>properties-maven-plugin</artifactId>
     <version>1.0-alpha-2</version>
     <executions>
     <execution>
     <phase>initialize</phase>
     <goals>
<goal>read-project-properties</goal>
     </goals>
     <configuration>
<files>
     <file>/var/build/consult/maven/cz_javadoc-config.properties</file>
</files>
     </configuration>
     </execution>
     </executions>
</plugin>
Finally we are using keys defined in property file in pom like:
<plugin>
          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
          <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>2.7</version>
          <configuration>
          <sourcepath>${src_mvn_consult_framework_dir};
               ${src_mvn_consult_module_dir};
               ${src_mvn_consult_appx_dir};
               ${src_mvn_consult_client_dir};
               ${src_mvn_consult_app_webservice_dir};
               ${src_mvn_consult_app_middleware_dir};
          </sourcepath>
          </configuration>
</plugin>
Please suggest how we can get the value of keys defined in the property file in POM
Thanks for your invaluable support

Answer 1

I've had to do something similar in one of my apps.  In order to populate values in the THIS scope, you'll need to put a copy of the XML loading/processing logic in the pseudo-constructor (or encapsulate it in a separate CFM/CFC file and include it in both places).  It's ugly, but that's the only way I'm aware of to access the THIS scope.
-Carl V.