maven/maven-embedder/notes.txt

When you create the assembly you must manually install it in your
local repository for now in order the maven-embedder-it tests to
work. jvz.

-- parse xml to in-memory model
  Now MavenEmbedder.readProjectWithDependencies()
  transitively resolve all dependencies and download them
  if anything is missing. 
  
-- we need a callback for progress indication:
   download, build, etc

-- run m2 (embedded): including running building, archetypes, etc.

-- introspect available plugins and their goals
  
-- to generate source folders for eclipse project from m2 pom.xml
   we need to run generate-sources phase, so all plugins
   registered for this phase will be kicked of and will register
   target folders for compilation.
   Ideally it would be nice to ask these plugins for the target
   folders, but Brett said it will be only in 2.1, so I guess
   we'll have to actually run these plugins and generate code.

-- In order to nicely show all the errors and events in the IDE UI
   We need to have two messages for EACH event/error:
     -- the short description (in Eclipse it can be used in Problems view)
     -- detailed description (can be used in annotation/editors markers)

-- Need getters for MavenEmbedder properties. E.g. to retrieve default 
   location of the local repository

-- How to deal with the plugin registry builder whose component descriptor
   container references like ${maven.home} and ${user.home}. These can be
   placed in the context for plexus.

-- Would be nice to centralize the use of maven.home. Possibly have the
   embedder take it in and set a system property of plexus context value.
   There seems to be a tad of code duplicated in the plugin registry 
   builder and the settings builder.

-- What are all the settings that must be provided? Ones that can be set
   and what the default values would be if they aren't set.

-- Need to make an input handler to IDE use soon.

-- having to add all the component descriptors by hand and the maven
   version metadata is a real drag. something needs to be added to
   the assembly plugin.

-- maven.home

this is a CLI notion and should not be required by the embedder but
we still need to deal with notions of centralize configuration which
are extremely important in the corporate environment.

-- ~/.m2

plugin registry and settings should be stored in the tool specific locations

-- local repository will be shared and default to ~/.m2/repository

-- add a method that gives the standard lifecycle phases.