HiveMQ Extension Gradle Plugin

This Gradle plugin eases the development of HiveMQ extensions.

Example

Contents of the build.gradle(.kts) file:

plugins {
    id("com.hivemq.extension") version "5.0.0"
}

group = "org.example"
version = "1.0.0"

hivemqExtension {
    name = "Example Extension"
    author = "Example Org"
    priority = 0
    startPriority = 1000
    mainClass = "org.example.ExtensionMain"
    sdkVersion = "4.49.0"
}

Tasks

Build Tasks

Task	Description
hivemqExtensionJar	Assembles the jar of the HiveMQ extension
hivemqExtensionServiceDescriptor	Generates the service descriptor of the HiveMQ extension
hivemqExtensionXml	Generates the xml descriptor of the HiveMQ extension
hivemqExtensionZip	Assembles the zip distribution of the HiveMQ extension

Run/Debug Tasks

Task	Description
prepareHivemqHome	Prepares a HiveMQ home directory with the HiveMQ extension for debugging via runHivemqWithExtension
runHivemqWithExtension	Runs HiveMQ with the extension for debugging

Test Tasks

Task	Description
integrationTest	Runs integration tests, which can use the built extension as a classpath resource
prepareExtensionTest	Prepares the HiveMQ extension for integration testing via integrationTest

Requirements

• Gradle 8.3 or higher is required (because of the compatibility requirements of the Gradle Shadow plugin)
• JDK 11 or higher is required
• Do not create descriptor files by yourself (hivemq-extension.xml or com.hivemq.extension.sdk.api.ExtensionMain). They are automatically generated.
• Do not add the hivemq-extension-sdk dependency yourself. It is added automatically with the right scopes.

Build

Execute the hivemqExtensionZip task to build your extension.

You can find the output in build/hivemq-extension as <project.name>-<project.version>.zip

Custom Resources

You can add custom resources to the extension zip distribution by putting files into the src/hivemq-extension directory.

Additionally, you can use hivemqExtension.resources to add custom resources from any location or Gradle task. hivemqExtension.resources is of type CopySpec, so you can use from, exclude, include, rename, etc. (for a detailed explanation see the Gradle documentation)

Example:

hivemqExtension.resources {
    from("LICENSE")
    from("README.md") { rename { "README.txt" } }
}

Run and Debug

Use the prepareHivemqHome task to define the contents of the HiveMQ home directory.

It is mandatory to set the hivemqHomeDirectory property to the path of a HiveMQ home directory (unzipped). The contents of the HiveMQ home directory are copied to build/hivemq-home.

Your extension is built via the hivemqExtensionZip task and added automatically to build/hivemq-home/extensions. It is also possible to specify a custom zip via the hivemqExtensionZip property.

prepareHivemqHome is of type Copy/Sync, so you can add any additional files (configs, licenses, other extensions, etc.). (for a detailed explanation see the Gradle documentation)

The resulting home directory can be seen in build/hivemq-home.

Example:

tasks.prepareHivemqHome {
    hivemqHomeDirectory.set(file("/path/to/a/hivemq/folder")) // the only mandatory property
    from("config.xml") { into("conf") }
    from("src/test/resources/other-extension") { into("extensions") }
}

Execute the runHivemqWithExtension task to run HiveMQ with your extension from the configured home directory.

runHivemqWithExtension is of type JavaExec, so you can easily set debug options, system properties, JVM arguments, etc.

Example:

tasks.runHivemqWithExtension {
    debugOptions {
        enabled.set(true)
    }
}

Integration Testing

This plugin adds an integrationTest task which executes tests from the integrationTest source set.

• Integration test source files are defined in src/integrationTest.
• Integration test dependencies are defined via the integrationTestImplementation, integrationTestRuntimeOnly, etc. configurations.

The integrationTest task builds the extension first and unzips it to the build/hivemq-extension-test directory. The tests can then load the built extension into a HiveMQ Test Container as a classpath resource.