Index: WriteProperties.java
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+package org.codehaus.mojo.properties;
+
+/*
+ * Copyright 2006 The Codehaus.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
+
+/**
+ * Writes given properties to file.
+ * 
+ * @author <a href="mailto:tony@jworx.com">Tony Dalbrekt</a>
+ * @version
+ * @goal write-properties
+ */
+public class WriteProperties extends AbstractWritePropertiesMojo
+{
+
+	/**
+	 * Properties to write.
+	 * 
+	 * @parameter
+	 * @required
+	 */
+	protected Properties properties;
+
+	/**
+	 * Flags if property <code>build.date</code> should be written to property
+	 * file.
+	 * 
+	 * @parameter default-value="false"
+	 */
+	protected boolean addBuildDate;
+
+	public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException
+	{
+		validateOutputFile();
+
+		if (addBuildDate)
+		{
+			SimpleDateFormat fmt = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
+			properties.put("build.date", (fmt.format(new Date())));
+		}
+
+		writeProperties(properties, outputFile);
+	}
+}