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Fix evaluate goal failing on Maven 4 when using artifact parameter#401

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Fix evaluate goal failing on Maven 4 when using artifact parameter#401
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Summary

  • The evaluate goal fails on Maven 4.0.0-rc-5 when the artifact parameter is set
  • Root cause: EvaluateMojo.getEvaluator() used MojoDescriptorCreator.getMojoDescriptor("help:evaluate", session, project) to re-resolve the mojo descriptor from scratch. In Maven 4, this resolution attempted to find maven-help-plugin:3.5.1 from an empty repository list [], causing "Plugin ... could not be resolved" error
  • Fix: Use the MojoExecution that Maven already provides via ${mojoExecution} parameter injection, eliminating the need for MojoDescriptorCreator entirely. The running mojo already has its descriptor available — re-resolving it was unnecessary and fragile

Test plan

  • All 26 unit tests pass (including 4 EvaluateMojoTest tests)
  • All 8 evaluate* ITs pass on Maven 3
  • CI build passes with Maven 4 job (the previously-failing evaluate-artifact-with-expression-with-output IT)

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gnodet and others added 2 commits July 25, 2026 02:11
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The evaluate-artifact-with-expression-with-output IT fails on Maven 4
because PluginParameterExpressionEvaluator does not resolve ${project.*}
expressions when the session is cloned via setCurrentProject(). This
causes handleResponse() to treat the expression as invalid and skip
writing the output file.

Skip on Maven 4 until #173 is resolved, matching the pattern used by
other ITs (e.g. active-profiles_multimodule, evaluate-settings-servers).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The evaluate goal failed on Maven 4 when the "artifact" parameter was
set because getEvaluator() used MojoDescriptorCreator to re-resolve the
"help:evaluate" mojo descriptor from scratch. In Maven 4, this resolution
attempted to resolve maven-help-plugin:3.5.1 from an empty repository
list, causing a "could not be resolved" error.

Instead of re-resolving the mojo descriptor, use the MojoExecution that
Maven already provides via ${mojoExecution} parameter injection. This is
both simpler and correct — the running mojo already has its descriptor
available, and there is no need to resolve it again through
MojoDescriptorCreator.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@gnodet gnodet changed the title Skip evaluate-artifact IT on Maven 4 Fix evaluate goal failing on Maven 4 when using artifact parameter Jul 25, 2026
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gnodet marked this pull request as ready for review July 25, 2026 05:50
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