org.apache.maven.plugin.changes
Class ChangesCheckMojo

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo
      org.apache.maven.plugin.changes.AbstractChangesMojo
          org.apache.maven.plugin.changes.ChangesCheckMojo

All Implemented Interfaces:

ContextEnabled, Mojo

@Mojo(name="changes-check",
      threadSafe=true)
public class ChangesCheckMojo
extends AbstractChangesMojo

Goal which checks that the changes.xml file has the necessary data to generate an announcement or a report for the current release.

Since:

2.4

Author:

Justin Edelson, Dennis Lundberg

ChangesCheckMojo

public ChangesCheckMojo()

execute

public void execute()
             throws MojoExecutionException

Check that the latest release contains a valid release date.

Throws:

MojoExecutionException

isValidDate

protected static boolean isValidDate(String string,
                                     String pattern)

Use the pattern to try to parse a Date from the given string. Kept for backward compatibility with existing unit tests.

Parameters:

string - A date as text

pattern - A pattern that can be used by SimpleDateFormat

Returns:

true if the string can be parsed as a date using the pattern, otherwise false

isValidDate

protected static boolean isValidDate(String string,
                                     String pattern,
                                     String locale)

Use the pattern to try to parse a Date from the given string using the given Locale.

Parameters:

string - A date as text

pattern - A pattern that can be used by SimpleDateFormat

locale - A locale that can be used by SimpleDateFormat

Returns:

true if the string can be parsed as a date using the pattern, otherwise false