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 Introspecting a URL
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 Mark Hobson
 <markh@apache.org>
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 2 Nov 2009
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Introspecting a URL

 Maven Runtime can introspect a URL to obtain metadata for each Maven project accessible within it.
 
* Using project properties

 To obtain a list of
 <<<{{{../apidocs/org/apache/maven/shared/runtime/MavenProjectProperties.html}MavenProjectProperties}}>>>
 instances for each Maven project accessible within a specified URL:

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/**
 * @component
 */
private MavenRuntime runtime;

public void processProjects() throws MavenRuntimeException
{
    List<MavenProjectProperties> projects = runtime.getProjectsProperties( myUrl );
    
    // process projects
}
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* Using project XML

 To obtain a list of
 <<<{{{http://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-project/apidocs/org/apache/maven/project/MavenProject.html}MavenProject}}>>>
 instances for each Maven project accessible within a specified URL:

---
/**
 * @component
 */
private MavenRuntime runtime;

public void processProjects() throws MavenRuntimeException
{
    List<MavenProject> projects = runtime.getProjects( myUrl );
    
    // process projects
}
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