Toolchain Identification

The toolchain type id for JDK is "jdk".

Predefined identification tokens, for requirement matching, are:

• "version" marks the version of the jdk. Maven Toolchains Plugin can match against a single version or any version ranges,
• any other tokens will be accepted, but only exact matches are supported.

Toolchain Configuration

There is only one configuration element named "jdkHome". It designates the root directory of JDK installation.

Sample toolchains.xml setup

<toolchains>
  <toolchain>
    <type>jdk</type>
    <provides>
      <version>1.5</version>
      <vendor>sun</vendor>
      <id>for_mevenide</id>
    </provides>
    <configuration>
      <jdkHome>/home/mkleint/javatools/jdk</jdkHome>
    </configuration>
  </toolchain>
  [...]
</toolchains>

Toolchains Plugin Configuration

For selection of toolchain for use by the project, the following conditions are matched against the definitions in the toolchains.xml file:

• "version" which accepts any version range definitions. Version declared by the toolchain needs to fit into the range,
• any other tokens needs exact match. Toolchain not providing such token will not be selected.

All conditions need to be satisfied in a sucessfully matched toolchain.

Sample Plugin Configuration

<project>
  [...]
  <build>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-toolchains-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>3.0.0</version>
        <executions>
          <execution>
            <goals>
              <goal>toolchain</goal>
            </goals>
          </execution>
        </executions>
        <configuration>
          <toolchains>
            <jdk>
              <version>[1.5,)</version>
            </jdk>
          </toolchains>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>
  [...]
</project>