Index: src/main/java/org/codehaus/castor/AbstractTestSuiteMojo.java
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--- src/main/java/org/codehaus/castor/AbstractTestSuiteMojo.java	(revision 0)
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+package org.codehaus.castor;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+
+import junit.framework.Test;
+
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.DependencyResolutionRequiredException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.castor.xmlctf.TestCaseAggregator;
+
+/**
+ * Abstract Mojo that initialises the junit test cases from xml
+ * Subclasses implement the runJUnit method to provide the Runner (eg. text, swing, ..)
+ *
+ * @requiresProject true
+ * @requiresDependencyResolution runtime
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractTestSuiteMojo extends AbstractMojo{
+
+	private static final String TEST_ROOT_PROPERTY = "castor.xmlctf.testRoot";
+
+	/**
+	 * The root of of the xml representations of the tests
+	 * @parameter
+	 * @required
+	 */
+	protected String testRoot;
+	
+    /**
+     * The target dir used for the testclasses.
+     * @parameter expression="./target/xmlctf"
+     */
+	protected  String outputRoot;
+
+    /**
+     * The project whose project files to create.
+     * @parameter expression="${project}"
+     * @required
+     */
+    private MavenProject project;
+    
+    /**
+     * Turn on verbose output
+     * @parameter expression=false
+     */
+    protected boolean verbose;
+    
+    /**
+     * Turn on stacktraces
+     * @parameter expression=false
+     */
+    protected boolean printStack;
+
+	public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
+		getLog().info("Starting Castor Mastertestsuite");
+
+		// override testRoot by system property? 
+		if (System.getProperty(TEST_ROOT_PROPERTY) != null) {
+			testRoot = System.getProperty(TEST_ROOT_PROPERTY);
+		}
+		if (testRoot == null) {
+ 			throw new MojoExecutionException("No testRoot found, please specify property -Dcastor.xmlctf.testRoot or the " +
+ 					"testRoot property in the pom");
+		}
+        if (testRoot.equals(".") || testRoot.equals("..")) {
+            //-- convert relative directories "." and ".." to a Canonical path
+            File tmp = new File(testRoot);
+            try {
+                testRoot = tmp.getCanonicalPath();
+            } catch (java.io.IOException iox) {
+
+            }
+        } else if (testRoot.startsWith("./") || testRoot.startsWith(".\\")) {
+            //-- Remove leading ./ or .\ -- URLClassLoader can't handle such file URLs
+            testRoot = testRoot.substring(2);
+        }
+        File testRootFile = new File(testRoot);
+        if (!testRootFile.exists()) {
+        	throw new MojoExecutionException("Root not found: " + testRoot);
+        }
+        getLog().info("using testRoot: " + testRoot);
+        
+        
+        // set possible properties
+        if (verbose) {
+            getLog().info("Verbose on");
+            System.setProperty(TestCaseAggregator.VERBOSE_PROPERTY, "true");
+        } else {
+        	getLog().info("Verbose off");
+        }
+        	
+        if (printStack) {
+            getLog().info("Printing stack traces on error on.");
+            System.setProperty(TestCaseAggregator.PRINT_STACK_TRACE, "true");
+        } else {
+        	getLog().info("Printing stack traces on error off.");
+        }
+        
+
+        // set classpath for testcompiler
+        String classpath = System.getProperty("java.home") + "/lib/tools.jar:";
+        try {
+			for (Iterator iter = project.getTestClasspathElements().iterator(); iter.hasNext();) {
+	            classpath += iter.next() + ":";
+	        }
+		} catch (DependencyResolutionRequiredException e) {
+			throw new MojoExecutionException("Error setting classpath:" + classpath);
+		}
+        System.setProperty("xmlctf.classpath.override",classpath);
+        getLog().info("classpath for sourcegenerator tests is: " + classpath);
+
+        // run testCase
+        runJUnit(new TestCaseAggregator(testRootFile, outputRoot).suite());
+	}
+
+	public abstract void runJUnit(Test testSuite )throws MojoExecutionException;
+
+}
Index: src/main/java/org/codehaus/castor/TextTestSuiteMojo.java
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--- src/main/java/org/codehaus/castor/TextTestSuiteMojo.java	(revision 0)
+++ src/main/java/org/codehaus/castor/TextTestSuiteMojo.java	(revision 0)
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+package org.codehaus.castor;
+
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+
+import junit.framework.Test;
+import junit.framework.TestResult;
+import junit.textui.TestRunner;
+
+/**
+ * Uses a simple TextRunner to run the xmlctf tests
+ *
+ * @goal xmlctf-run-text
+ */
+
+public class TextTestSuiteMojo extends AbstractTestSuiteMojo{
+
+	@Override
+	public void runJUnit(Test testSuite) throws MojoExecutionException{
+		TestResult result = TestRunner.run(testSuite);
+		if (result.errorCount() > 0 || result.failureCount() > 0) {
+			throw new MojoExecutionException("Errors or Failures occured testing " + testRoot);
+		}
+	}
+
+
+
+}
+
+
Index: pom.xml
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--- pom.xml	(revision 0)
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+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>org.codehaus.castor</groupId>
+  <artifactId>maven-plugins</artifactId>
+  <!-- 
+  <parent>
+	<groupId>org.codehaus.castor</groupId>
+	<artifactId>castor</artifactId>
+	<version>1.1-M3</version>
+  </parent>
+   -->	
+  <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <name>castor-xmlctf-plugin Maven Mojo</name>
+  <build>
+  	<plugins>
+	  	<plugin>
+	  		<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+	  		<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+	  		<configuration>
+	  			<source>1.5</source>
+	  			<target>1.5</target>
+	  		</configuration>
+	  	</plugin>
+	  </plugins>
+  </build>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
+      <version>2.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+     <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-project</artifactId>
+      <version>2.0.1</version>
+    </dependency>
+   	<dependency>
+		<groupId>org.codehaus.castor</groupId>
+		<artifactId>castor-testsuite-xml</artifactId>
+		<version>1.1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	</dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+  <!--  redundant; will be removed once we switch to parent structure -->
+    <distributionManagement>
+        <repository>
+          <id>codehaus.org</id>
+          <name>Castor Central Distribution Repository</name>
+          <url>dav:https://dav.codehaus.org/repository/castor/</url>
+        </repository>
+        <snapshotRepository>
+          <id>codehaus.org</id>
+          <name>Castor Central Development Repository</name>
+          <url>dav:https://dav.codehaus.org/snapshots.repository/castor/</url>
+        </snapshotRepository>
+        <site>
+          <id>codehaus.org</id>
+          <url>dav:https://dav.codehaus.org/castor/</url>
+        </site>
+    </distributionManagement>
+</project>