Add a connect API for inter-process-communication between maven and IDE

Currently an IDE launching an external maven process is rather blind, it
can only see if the process exit with success and maybe read the
standard stream. A much more feature rich experience could been offered
if the launching process can gather some information about the run, e.g.
what process is currently executed, what mojo and if it failed. Also
currently features of the build context can only be implemented if
running inside the IDE process what has several implications.

This now adds a connect API that allows an IDE to supply an extension to
the maven process (e.g. via maven.ext.class.path) and set a system
property (plexus.build.ipc.port) to communicate with the running maven
process.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Läubrich <[email protected]>

Author: Christoph Läubrich

README.md

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Plexus Build API
-=======================
+================
 
 [![Apache License, Version 2.0, January 2004](https://img.shields.io/github/license/codehaus-plexus/plexus-classworlds.svg?label=License)](http://www.apache.org/licenses/)
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@@ -13,9 +13,8 @@ It supports
 - fine-grained error/info markers (referring to specific files in particular line numbers)
 - notifications about updated files
 
-
 Current Implementations
------
+-----------------------
 
 ### Default Implementation
 
@@ -27,6 +26,13 @@ The default implementation shipping with this artifact is supposed to impose min
 Currently only versions up to 0.0.7 (with old Maven coordinates `org.sonatype.plexus:plexus-build-api`) are supported, this limitation is tracked in [Issue 944](https://github.com/eclipse-m2e/m2e-core/issues/944).
 
 History
------
+-------
 
 The project was relocated from <https://github.com/sonatype/sisu-build-api>. Also its Maven coordinates changed from `org.sonatype.plexus:plexus-build-api` to `org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-build-api`, the API is still the same, though.
+
+## Provided APIs
+
+### IDE connection to maven process
+
+This API is usually not used by mojos but for IDE integration, if enabled as a maven-core extension plexus-build-api supply a way to communicate with the running maven build and get events.
+The default implementation open a tcp connections to a port specified by the system property `plexus.build.ipc.port` using key/value encoded message format. If no such value is given all messages are silently discarded.

pom.xml

@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ See the Apache License Version 2.0 for the specific language governing permissio
         </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
+      <version>3.9.9</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
 

src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/build/DefaultBuildContext.java

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 
+import org.codehaus.plexus.build.connect.BuildConnection;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.build.connect.messages.RefreshMessage;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.logging.AbstractLogEnabled;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.Scanner;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.io.CachingOutputStream;
@@ -56,15 +58,17 @@ public class DefaultBuildContext implements BuildContext {
 
     private final Map<String, Object> contextMap = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
     private org.sonatype.plexus.build.incremental.BuildContext legacy;
+    private BuildConnection connection;
 
     /**
      * @param legacy the legacy API we delegate to by default, this allow us to
      *               support "older" plugins and implementors of the API while still
      *               having a way to move forward!
      */
     @Inject
-    public DefaultBuildContext(org.sonatype.plexus.build.incremental.BuildContext legacy) {
+    public DefaultBuildContext(org.sonatype.plexus.build.incremental.BuildContext legacy, BuildConnection connection) {
         this.legacy = legacy;
+        this.connection = connection;
     }
 
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
@@ -117,6 +121,7 @@ public Scanner newScanner(File basedir) {
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
     public void refresh(File file) {
         legacy.refresh(file);
+        connection.send(new RefreshMessage(file.toPath()));
     }
 
     /** {@inheritDoc} */

src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/build/connect/BuildConnection.java

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+Copyright (c) 2025 Christoph Läubrich All rights reserved.
+
+This program is licensed to you under the Apache License Version 2.0,
+and you may not use this file except in compliance with the Apache License Version 2.0.
+You may obtain a copy of the Apache License Version 2.0 at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the Apache License Version 2.0 is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the Apache License Version 2.0 for the specific language governing permissions and limitations there under.
+*/
+package org.codehaus.plexus.build.connect;
+
+import org.codehaus.plexus.build.connect.messages.Message;
+
+/**
+ * A {@link BuildConnection} allow communication between a an IDE and a maven
+ * build to observe the state of the build and act on certain events. This is
+ * usally not used directly by mojos but invoked internally by other APIs.
+ */
+public interface BuildConnection {
+
+    /**
+     * Send a message and returns the reply from the other endpoint, should only be
+     * called from a maven thread!
+     *
+     * @param message the message to send
+     * @return the reply message or <code>null</code> if this connection is not
+     *         enabled and the message was discarded.
+     */
+    Message send(Message message);
+
+    /**
+     * This method allows code to perform an eager check if a buildconnection is
+     * present to send messages. This can be used to guard operations to prevent
+     * allocate resources or objects if the message will be dropped.
+     *
+     * @return <code>true</code> if the connection can be used to send messages or
+     *         if they will be discarded
+     */
+    boolean isEnabled();
+
+    /**
+     * Obtains the current configuration, can only be called from a maven thread
+     *
+     * @return the active configuration
+     */
+    Configuration getConfiguration();
+}

src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/build/connect/Configuration.java

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+Copyright (c) 2025 Christoph Läubrich All rights reserved.
+
+This program is licensed to you under the Apache License Version 2.0,
+and you may not use this file except in compliance with the Apache License Version 2.0.
+You may obtain a copy of the Apache License Version 2.0 at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the Apache License Version 2.0 is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the Apache License Version 2.0 for the specific language governing permissions and limitations there under.
+*/
+package org.codehaus.plexus.build.connect;
+
+import org.codehaus.plexus.build.connect.messages.Message;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.build.connect.messages.ProjectsReadMessage;
+
+public interface Configuration {
+
+    /**
+     * If this property is set to <code>true</code> in reply to a session start, a
+     * {@link ProjectsReadMessage} will be send to the endpoint containing all
+     * projects with their effective model
+     */
+    public static final String CONFIG_SEND_AFTER_PROJECTS_READ = "afterProjectsRead";
+
+    public boolean isSendProjects();
+
+    public static Configuration of(Message message) {
+        return new Configuration() {
+
+            @Override
+            public boolean isSendProjects() {
+                return message.getBooleanProperty(CONFIG_SEND_AFTER_PROJECTS_READ, false);
+            }
+        };
+    }
+}

src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/build/connect/SessionListener.java

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+Copyright (c) 2025 Christoph Läubrich All rights reserved.
+
+This program is licensed to you under the Apache License Version 2.0,
+and you may not use this file except in compliance with the Apache License Version 2.0.
+You may obtain a copy of the Apache License Version 2.0 at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the Apache License Version 2.0 is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the Apache License Version 2.0 for the specific language governing permissions and limitations there under.
+*/
+package org.codehaus.plexus.build.connect;
+
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+import javax.inject.Named;
+import javax.inject.Singleton;
+
+import org.apache.maven.AbstractMavenLifecycleParticipant;
+import org.apache.maven.MavenExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.execution.MavenSession;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.build.connect.messages.Message;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.build.connect.messages.ProjectsReadMessage;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.build.connect.messages.SessionMessage;
+
+@Named
+@Singleton
+public class SessionListener extends AbstractMavenLifecycleParticipant {
+
+    @Inject
+    private BuildConnection connection;
+
+    private boolean sendProjects;
+
+    @Override
+    public void afterSessionStart(MavenSession session) throws MavenExecutionException {
+        Message reply = connection.send(new SessionMessage(session, true));
+        if (reply != null) {
+            sendProjects = Configuration.of(reply).isSendProjects();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void afterProjectsRead(MavenSession session) throws MavenExecutionException {
+        if (sendProjects && connection.isEnabled()) {
+            connection.send(new ProjectsReadMessage(session));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void afterSessionEnd(MavenSession session) throws MavenExecutionException {
+        connection.send(new SessionMessage(session, false));
+    }
+}