Overview

The commons:download-page goal generates a custom Download page for the latest release of a component. Execute the goal using the following command:

mvn commons:download-page

The above command generates an xdoc page named download_componentid.xml in either the xdocs or src/site/xdoc directory (depending on which exists), which should be checked into subversion. This will cause a download_componentid.html page to be generated when the mvn site is run. Remember to add a Download link to download_componentid.cgi to the maven site.xml.

Note: The Download page should only need to be re-generated after a new release of the component or if the download page template changes.

This goal uses the following:

• The goal is mapped to the ant script/target using the download-page mojo defintion in the generate-xdocs.mojos.xml mapping document
• Executes the download-page target in generate-xdocs.build.xml ant script
• Uses either the download-page-body.xml or no-download-page-template.xml template, depending on whether the commons.release.version property is set or not.
• Uses the goal's (i.e. mojo's) parameters to filter values in the template

Configuration

To generate a Download page, the following properties are configured in the component's pom.xml

• commons.componentid - Commons component id
• commons.release.version - The version number of the latest release of the component
• commons.release.desc - (optional) The download links are shown in a section with the component name and release version - if this paratmeter is specified then this text is appended
• commons.binary.suffix - (optional - defaults to -bin) The suffix for the binary release (some components use "-bin", others have no suffix)

Example configuration for Commons Chain:

    <properties>
        <commons.componentid>chain</commons.componentid>
        <commons.release.version>1.2</commons.release.version>
    </properties> 

Sometimes there is a requirement to list two versions on the download page. This can be achieved using the following properties:

• commons.release.2.version - The version number of the alternative release of the component
• commons.release.2.desc - (optional) Additional text to append to the section name of the alternative release
• commons.release.2.binary.suffix - (optional - defaults to -bin) The suffix for the alternative binary release (some components use "-bin", others have no suffix)

Example configuration for Commons DBCP with two releases:

    <properties>
        <commons.componentid>dbcp</commons.componentid>
        <commons.release.version>1.4</commons.release.version>
        <commons.release.desc>for JDBC 4 (JDK 1.6)</commons.release.desc>
        <commons.release.2.version>1.3</commons.release.2.version>
        <commons.release.2.desc> for JDBC 3 (JDK 1.4-1.5)</commons.release.2.desc>
    </properties> 

The above configuration generates a download page for two releases shown below: