diff --git a/release-scripts/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/release/CreateNewServiceModuleMain.java b/release-scripts/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/release/CreateNewServiceModuleMain.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License").
+ * You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * A copy of the License is located at
+ *
+ * http://aws.amazon.com/apache2.0
+ *
+ * or in the "license" file accompanying this file. This file 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.
+ */
+
+package software.amazon.awssdk.release;
+
+import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.FileVisitResult;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.nio.file.SimpleFileVisitor;
+import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+import org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine;
+import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.utils.Validate;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.utils.internal.CodegenNamingUtils;
+
+/**
+ * A command line application to create a new, empty service. This *does not* add the new service to the shared pom.xmls, that
+ * should be done via {@link FinalizeNewServiceModuleMain}.
+ *
+ * Example usage:
+ *
+ * mvn exec:java -pl :release-scripts \
+ * -Dexec.mainClass="software.amazon.awssdk.release.CreateNewServiceModuleMain" \
+ * -Dexec.args="--maven-project-root /path/to/root
+ * --maven-project-version 2.1.4-SNAPSHOT
+ * --service-id 'Service Id'
+ * --service-module-name service-module-name
+ * --service-protocol json"
+ *
+ */
+public class CreateNewServiceModuleMain extends Cli {
+ private CreateNewServiceModuleMain() {
+ super(requiredOption("service-module-name", "The name of the service module to be created."),
+ requiredOption("service-id", "The service ID of the service module to be created."),
+ requiredOption("service-protocol", "The protocol of the service module to be created."),
+ requiredOption("maven-project-root", "The root directory for the maven project."),
+ requiredOption("maven-project-version", "The maven version of the service module to be created."));
+ }
+
+ public static void main(String[] args) {
+ new CreateNewServiceModuleMain().run(args);
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ protected void run(CommandLine commandLine) throws Exception {
+ new NewServiceCreator(commandLine).run();
+ }
+
+ private static class NewServiceCreator {
+ private final Path mavenProjectRoot;
+ private final String mavenProjectVersion;
+ private final String serviceModuleName;
+ private final String serviceId;
+ private final String serviceProtocol;
+
+ private NewServiceCreator(CommandLine commandLine) {
+ this.mavenProjectRoot = Paths.get(commandLine.getOptionValue("maven-project-root").trim());
+ this.mavenProjectVersion = commandLine.getOptionValue("maven-project-version").trim();
+ this.serviceModuleName = commandLine.getOptionValue("service-module-name").trim();
+ this.serviceId = commandLine.getOptionValue("service-id").trim();
+ this.serviceProtocol = transformSpecialProtocols(commandLine.getOptionValue("service-protocol").trim());
+
+ Validate.isTrue(Files.exists(mavenProjectRoot), "Project root does not exist: " + mavenProjectRoot);
+ }
+
+ private String transformSpecialProtocols(String protocol) {
+ switch (protocol) {
+ case "ec2": return "query";
+ case "rest-xml": return "xml";
+ case "rest-json": return "json";
+ default: return protocol;
+ }
+ }
+
+ public void run() throws Exception {
+ Path servicesRoot = mavenProjectRoot.resolve("services");
+ Path templateModulePath = servicesRoot.resolve("new-service-template");
+ Path newServiceModulePath = servicesRoot.resolve(serviceModuleName);
+
+ createNewModuleFromTemplate(templateModulePath, newServiceModulePath);
+ replaceTemplatePlaceholders(newServiceModulePath);
+ }
+
+ private void createNewModuleFromTemplate(Path templateModulePath, Path newServiceModule) throws IOException {
+ FileUtils.copyDirectory(templateModulePath.toFile(), newServiceModule.toFile());
+ }
+
+ private void replaceTemplatePlaceholders(Path newServiceModule) throws IOException {
+ Files.walkFileTree(newServiceModule, new SimpleFileVisitor() {
+ @Override
+ public FileVisitResult visitFile(Path file, BasicFileAttributes attrs) throws IOException {
+ replacePlaceholdersInFile(file);
+ return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
+ }
+ });
+ }
+
+ private void replacePlaceholdersInFile(Path file) throws IOException {
+ String fileContents = new String(Files.readAllBytes(file), UTF_8);
+ String newFileContents = replacePlaceholders(fileContents);
+ Files.write(file, newFileContents.getBytes(UTF_8));
+ }
+
+ private String replacePlaceholders(String line) {
+ String[] searchList = {
+ "{{MVN_ARTIFACT_ID}}",
+ "{{MVN_NAME}}",
+ "{{MVN_VERSION}}",
+ "{{PROTOCOL}}"
+ };
+ String[] replaceList = {
+ serviceModuleName,
+ mavenName(serviceId),
+ mavenProjectVersion,
+ serviceProtocol
+ };
+ return StringUtils.replaceEach(line, searchList, replaceList);
+ }
+
+ private String mavenName(String serviceId) {
+ return Stream.of(CodegenNamingUtils.splitOnWordBoundaries(serviceId))
+ .map(StringUtils::capitalize)
+ .collect(Collectors.joining(" "));
+ }
+ }
+}
diff --git a/release-scripts/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/release/FinalizeNewServiceModuleMain.java b/release-scripts/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/release/FinalizeNewServiceModuleMain.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License").
+ * You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * A copy of the License is located at
+ *
+ * http://aws.amazon.com/apache2.0
+ *
+ * or in the "license" file accompanying this file. This file 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.
+ */
+
+package software.amazon.awssdk.release;
+
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+import org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine;
+import org.w3c.dom.Document;
+import org.w3c.dom.Node;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.utils.Validate;
+
+/**
+ * A command line application to add new services to the shared pom.xml files.
+ *
+ * Example usage:
+ *
+ * mvn exec:java -pl :release-scripts \
+ * -Dexec.mainClass="software.amazon.awssdk.release.FinalizeNewServiceModuleMain" \
+ * -Dexec.args="--maven-project-root /path/to/root
+ * --service-module-names service-module-name-1,service-module-name-2"
+ *
+ */
+public class FinalizeNewServiceModuleMain extends Cli {
+ private FinalizeNewServiceModuleMain() {
+ super(requiredOption("service-module-names",
+ "A comma-separated list containing the name of the service modules to be created."),
+ requiredOption("maven-project-root", "The root directory for the maven project."));
+ }
+
+ public static void main(String[] args) {
+ new FinalizeNewServiceModuleMain().run(args);
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ protected void run(CommandLine commandLine) throws Exception {
+ new NewServiceCreator(commandLine).run();
+ }
+
+ private static class NewServiceCreator {
+ private final Path mavenProjectRoot;
+ private final List serviceModuleNames;
+
+ private NewServiceCreator(CommandLine commandLine) {
+ this.mavenProjectRoot = Paths.get(commandLine.getOptionValue("maven-project-root").trim());
+ this.serviceModuleNames = Stream.of(commandLine.getOptionValue("service-module-names").split(","))
+ .map(String::trim)
+ .collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+ Validate.isTrue(Files.exists(mavenProjectRoot), "Project root does not exist: " + mavenProjectRoot);
+ }
+
+ public void run() throws Exception {
+ for (String serviceModuleName : serviceModuleNames) {
+ Path servicesPomPath = mavenProjectRoot.resolve("services").resolve("pom.xml");
+ Path aggregatePomPath = mavenProjectRoot.resolve("aws-sdk-java").resolve("pom.xml");
+ Path bomPomPath = mavenProjectRoot.resolve("bom").resolve("pom.xml");
+
+ new AddSubmoduleTransformer(serviceModuleName).transform(servicesPomPath);
+ new AddDependencyTransformer(serviceModuleName).transform(aggregatePomPath);
+ new AddDependencyManagementDependencyTransformer(serviceModuleName).transform(bomPomPath);
+ }
+ }
+
+ private static class AddSubmoduleTransformer extends PomTransformer {
+ private final String serviceModuleName;
+
+ private AddSubmoduleTransformer(String serviceModuleName) {
+ this.serviceModuleName = serviceModuleName;
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ protected void updateDocument(Document doc) {
+ Node project = findChild(doc, "project");
+ Node modules = findChild(project, "modules");
+
+ modules.appendChild(textElement(doc, "module", serviceModuleName));
+ }
+ }
+
+ private static class AddDependencyTransformer extends PomTransformer {
+ private final String serviceModuleName;
+
+ private AddDependencyTransformer(String serviceModuleName) {
+ this.serviceModuleName = serviceModuleName;
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ protected void updateDocument(Document doc) {
+ Node project = findChild(doc, "project");
+ Node dependencies = findChild(project, "dependencies");
+
+ dependencies.appendChild(sdkDependencyElement(doc, serviceModuleName));
+ }
+ }
+
+ private static class AddDependencyManagementDependencyTransformer extends PomTransformer {
+ private final String serviceModuleName;
+
+ private AddDependencyManagementDependencyTransformer(String serviceModuleName) {
+ this.serviceModuleName = serviceModuleName;
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ protected void updateDocument(Document doc) {
+ Node project = findChild(doc, "project");
+ Node dependencyManagement = findChild(project, "dependencyManagement");
+ Node dependencies = findChild(dependencyManagement, "dependencies");
+
+ dependencies.appendChild(sdkDependencyElement(doc, serviceModuleName));
+ }
+ }
+ }
+}