Configuration

All Aar plugin goals takes the following configuration parameters as input:

Parameter name Default value Description
aarDirectory $project.build.directory/aar Directory where the aar file is built.
classesDirectory $project.build.outputDirectory Directory with compiled classes and resources.
fileSets Additional file sets, which are being added to the archive. See "File Sets" below for an example.
servicesXmlFile Location of the services.xml file. By default, it is assumed that the file is already present in classesDirectory/META-INF and no special processing is required.
wsdlFile Location of the WSDL file. By default, it is assumed that the file is already present in classesDirectory/META-INF and no special processing is required.
wsdlFileName service.wsdl Name, to which the WSDL file should be mapped.

The aar goal

The aar goal allows the following additional parameters:

Parameter name Default value Description
outputDirectory $project.build.directory Directory where to generate the AAR file.
aarName $project.build.finalName The generated AAR files name.
archive A Maven archive configuration. This allows, for example, to configure the MANIFEST.MF file.
classifier A classifier, which should be added to the generated AAR files name. Setting this parameter has the side effect, that the artifact is treated as an attachment and not as the projects primary artifact.
primaryArtifact true Setting this property to false disables installation or deployment of the artifact as the projects primary artifact.

File Sets

Additional file sets may be configured for inclusion into the AAR file. A file set looks as follows:

  <fileSets>
    <fileSet>
      <directory>src/aar/files</directory>
      <outputDirectory>META-INF/docs</outputDirectory>
      <includes>
        <include>**/*.html</include>
      </includes>
    </fileSet>
    <fileSet>
      <directory>src/aar/files</directory>
      <outputDirectory>META-INF/etc</outputDirectory>
      <excludes>
        <exclude>**/*.html</exclude>
      </excludes>
    </fileSet>
  </fileSets>

The example specifies, that the contents of the directory src/aar/files shall be added to the AAR file. HTML files will go into META-INF/docs, all other files to META-INF/etc.

A file set is configured through the following configuration parameters:

Parameter name Description
directory The directory, from which to read the file set. This parameter is required.
outputDirectory The target directory within the AAR file. Defaults to the AAR files root directory.
includes Configures the set of files, which shall be included into the AAR file. Defaults to **/*.
excludes Configures a set of files, which shall be excluded from the file set. Defaults to the Maven default excludes (**/*~, **/cvs/**/*, **/.svn/**/*, etc.)
skipDefaultExcludes If this parameter is set to true, then no default excludes are being used.