TouchMojo.java

package org.apache.maven.plugin.coreit;

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import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Creates an empty file with a user-specified name. NOTE: This mojo requires online mode.
 * 
 * @goal touch
 * @phase validate
 * @requiresOnline true
 * 
 * @author Benjamin Bentmann
 */
public class TouchMojo
    extends AbstractMojo
{

    /**
     * The path to the output file.
     * 
     * @parameter expression="${touch.outputFile}" default-value="target/touch.txt"
     */
    private File outputFile;

    /**
     * Runs this mojo.
     * 
     * @throws MojoExecutionException If the output file could not be created.
     */
    public void execute()
        throws MojoExecutionException
    {
        getLog().info( "[MAVEN-CORE-IT-LOG] Creating output file: " + outputFile );

        try
        {
            outputFile.getParentFile().mkdirs();
            outputFile.createNewFile();
        }
        catch ( IOException e )
        {
            throw new MojoExecutionException( "Output file could not be created: " + outputFile, e );
        }

        getLog().info( "[MAVEN-CORE-IT-LOG] Created output file: " + outputFile );
    }

}