MavenFacet - Write properties sorted A..Z ----------------------------------------- Key: FORGE-2273 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/FORGE-2273 Project: Forge Issue Type: Feature Request Components: Build Tools - Maven Affects Versions: 2.15.0.Final Reporter: Claus Ibsen Priority: Minor Fix For: 2.x Future We have a custom addon that adds various commands. We have a docket setup command that enables docker to a maven project. And for that we set some values in the <properties> section of the maven pom.xml. To update and set those, we use the following code: {code} // update properties section in pom.xml MavenFacet maven = project.getFacet(MavenFacet.class); Model pom = maven.getModel(); Properties properties = pom.getProperties(); properties.put("docker.registryPrefix", "${env.DOCKER_REGISTRY}/"); properties.put("docker.from", fromImage); properties.put("docker.image", "${docker.registryPrefix}fabric8/${project.artifactId}:${project.version}"); properties.put("docker.assemblyDescriptorRef", descriptorRef); properties.put("docker.port.container.jolokia", "8778"); if (war) { properties.put("docker.port.container.http", "8080"); } // to save then set the model maven.setModel(pom); {code} Which then generates the following in the pom.xml {code} <properties> <docker.port.container.http>8080</docker.port.container.http> <docker.registryPrefix>${env.DOCKER_REGISTRY}/</docker.registryPrefix> <docker.image>${docker.registryPrefix}fabric8/${project.artifactId}:${project.version}</docker.image> <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target> <docker.port.container.jolokia>8778</docker.port.container.jolokia> <docker.from>fabric8/tomcat-8.0</docker.from> <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding> <docker.assemblyDescriptorRef>rootWar</docker.assemblyDescriptorRef> <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source> </properties> {code} Notice the order of the properties is "random". It would be great if forge would sort the properties A..Z so they are more human readable.