Flex-mojos: Maven 2 plugins for Flex

As inspired by this post, I wanted to add the svn build number and a timestamp to our application’s about box. This is how to achieve this with flex-mojos:

First, configure your pom to use the buildnumber plugin as such (this requires that you have a command line subversion client installed and on your path):

  <build>

      <plugins>

    <plugin> 

      <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId> 

      <artifactId>buildnumber-maven-plugin</artifactId> 

      <executions> 

        <execution> 

          <phase>validate</phase> 

          <goals> 

            <goal>create</goal> 

          </goals> 

        </execution> 

      </executions> 

      <!-- <configuration> 

        <doCheck>false</doCheck> 

        <doUpdate>true</doUpdate> 

      </configuration>  -->

    </plugin>

<plugin>

<groupId>info.rvin.mojo</groupId>

<artifactId>flex-compiler-mojo</artifactId>

<configuration>

<defines>

<BUILD::buildNumber>${buildNumber}</BUILD::buildNumber>

<BUILD::timestamp>${timestamp}</BUILD::timestamp>

</defines>

</configuration>

</plugin>

</plugins>

</build>

// application version
public static const VERSION:String = “1.0″;

// stores the svn build number
public static const BUILD_NUMBER:Number = BUILD::buildNumber;  

// stores the timestamp of the last build
public static const BUILD_TIMESTAMP:Date = new Date(BUILD::timestamp);


<mx:Label text="Version: {VERSION} Build: {BUILD_NUMBER} Time: {BUILD_TIMESTAMP.toLocaleString()}"
selectable="true" />


-locale en_US -define=BUILD::buildNumber,0 -define=BUILD::timestamp,0

If someone knows of a better way to integrate the maven values and Flex Builder, post a comment.

Tags: Flex //