Don't make the directory absolute if it doesn't exist #9
Description
StringTemplate allows loading templates from the classpath which is useful because I can bundle them in a jar and add that as a dependency to the plugin invocation. E.g.:
<groupId>com.webguys</groupId>
<artifactId>string-template-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.1</version>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>foo.bar</groupId>
<artifactId>templates</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<configuration>
<templates>
<template>
<directory>foo/bar/templates/</directory>
<name>MyAweseomeTemplate</name>
...
</template>
</templates>
<configuration>However, StringTemplate uses either the context classloader or the classloader used for loading stringtemplate, and this requires that the directory entry above is a non-absolute resource path (i.e. no leading slash). However the stringtemplate plugin takes that to mean a relative directory which it expands without checking whether that actually exists.
Ideally, the plugin would check if the expanded directory exists, and if not, leave the value unmodified.