I'm trying to set up a test environment with Maven to build VC++ and I am way behind on this.

I have 3 source files that I builds a dll (once I get this fixed it should be a simple matter to add the unit-tests):

• hook.cpp
• hook.h
• hook.def

This is compiled, on the command line, with the following:

C:\Develop\hook\src\main\msvc>cl -o hook.dll Hook.cpp /D HOOK_DLLEXPORT /link /DLL /DEF:"Hook.def"

Which produces the expected obj, dll, lib and exp files.

So now to get this working in Maven2 with the Mojo-native plugin.

With no options Maven w/Mojo gives me this (truncated) output:

[INFO] [native:initialize {execution: default-initialize}]
[INFO] [native:unzipinc {execution: default-unzipinc}]
[INFO] [native:javah {execution: default-javah}]
[INFO] [native:compile {execution: default-compile}]
[INFO] cmd.exe /X /C "cl -IC:\Develop\hook\src\main\msvc /FoC:\Develop\hook\targ
et\objs\Hook.obj -c C:\Develop\hook\src\main\msvc\Hook.cpp"
Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 15.00.30729.01 for 80x86
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

Hook.cpp
[INFO] [native:link {execution: default-link}]
[INFO] cmd.exe /X /C "link.exe /out:C:\Develop\hook\target\hook.dll target\objs\
Hook.obj"
Microsoft (R) Incremental Linker Version 9.00.30729.01
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

LINK : fatal error LNK1561: entry point must be defined
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] BUILD ERROR
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Error executing command line. Exit code:1561

mojo-native gives options for manipulating the compiler/linker options but gives no example of usage. No matter what I tweak in these settings I get the error of:

[ERROR] BUILD ERROR
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Failed to configure plugin parameters for: org.codehaus.mojo:native-maven
-plugin:1.0-alpha-4

    (found static expression: '-o hook.dll Hook.cpp /D HOOK_DLLEXPORT /link /DLL
 /DEF:"Hook.def"' which may act as a default value).


Cause: Cannot assign configuration entry 'compilerStartOptions' to 'interface ja
va.util.List' from '-o hook.dll Hook.cpp /D HOOK_DLLEXPORT /link /DLL /DEF:"Hook
.def"', which is of type class java.lang.String 

The relevant part of my pom.xml looks like this:

        <configuration>
          <sources>
            <source>
              <directory>src/main/msvc</directory>
              <includes>
                <include>**/*.cpp</include>
              </includes>
            </source>
          </sources>

          <compilerProvider>msvc</compilerProvider>
          <compilerExecutable>cl</compilerExecutable>
<!--      cl -o hook.dll Hook.cpp /D HOOK_DLLEXPORT /link /DLL /DEF:"Hook.def" -->
      <compilerStartOptions>-o hook.dll Hook.cpp /D HOOK_DLLEXPORT /link /DLL /DEF:"Hook.def"</compilerStartOptions>
<!--          <compilerMiddleOptions></compilerMiddleOptions>
          <compilerEndOptions></compilerEndOptions>
          <linkerStartOptions></linkerStartOptions>
          <linkerMiddleOptions></linkerMiddleOptions>
          <linkerEndOptions></linkerEndOptions>
-->
        </configuration>

How do I manipulate the compiler to produce a DLL like the command line version does?

Or should I give up and just use exec?