XPath Maven Plugin

This is a maven plugin that provides various xpath expression based goals to Maven.

Usage

<project>
    ...
    <build>
        ...
        <plugins>
            ...
            <plugin>
                <groupId>com.inteligr8</groupId>
                <artifactId>xpath-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>...</version>
                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <id>sample-xpath-test</id>
                        <phase>validate</phase>
                        <goals><goal>query-property</goal></goals>
                        <configuration>
                            <property>a.property.of.xml.to.query</property>
                            <xpath>/element/subelement[@attr1="constrained"]/@attr2</xpath>
                            <newProperty>a.new.property.to.store.attr2.value</newProperty>
                        </configuration>
                    </execution>
                </executions>
            </plugin>
            ...
        </plugins>
        ...
    </build>
    ...
</project>

Goals

Goal	Description
`query-file`	Evaluate an xpath expression against the contents of a file, storing the result in a property.
`query-properties`	Evaluate an xpath expression against a set of property values, storing the results in properties.
`query-property`	Evaluate an xpath expression against a property value, storing the result in a property.

Common Configuration Properties

Configuration Property	Data Type	Default
`charset`	`string`	`utf-8`
`skip`	`boolean`	`false`
`verbose`	`boolean`	`false`

Goal: `query-file`

Searches the contents of the specified files based using the specified regular expressions; storing the result of the search in a property.

Configuration Property	Data Type	Required	Description
`file`	`File`	Yes	Executes against this XML file.
`xpath`	`String`	Yes	Queries this xpath expression against the XML file.
`newProperty`	`String`	Yes	The query result will be copied to a property with this property name.

Goal: `query-properties`

Queries the XML of the specified properties based on the specified xpath expression; storing the results in new properties.

Configuration Property	Data Type	Required	Default	Description
`properties`	`String[]`	Yes		Executes query against these properties which hold XML values.
`newPropertySuffix`	`String`		`-xpath`	All query results will be copied to new properties with the same property name plus this suffix.
`xpath`	`String`	Yes		Queries this xpath expression against those properties' XML values.

Goal: `query-property`

Queries the XML of the specified property based on the specified xpath expression; storing the result in a new property.

Configuration Property	Data Type	Required	Description
`property`	`String`	Yes	Executes query against this property which holds an XML value.
`newProperty`	`String`		The query result will be copied to a property with this property name. If not specified, it will be the same name as the `property` with a `-xpath` suffix.
`xpath`	`String`	Yes	Queries this xpath expression against the property XML value.

README.md