org.apache.maven.plugin.changes
Class ChangesCheckMojo

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

ContextEnabled, Mojo

public class ChangesCheckMojo
extends AbstractMojo

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

Is defined by the goal name:

changes-check

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.apache.maven.plugin.Mojo

ROLE

Constructor Summary

ChangesCheckMojo()

Method Summary

void	execute() Check that the latest release contains a valid release date.
protected static boolean	isValidDate(String string, String pattern) Use the pattern to try to parse a Date from the given string.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo

getLog, getPluginContext, setLog, setPluginContext

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ChangesCheckMojo

public ChangesCheckMojo()

Method Detail

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.

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