From 8393ec086dbf9653309b459ca6c72b3ac8c7f659 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2025 02:31:05 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Initial plan


From 8f3a5791eb88c5399dd08806b9f56329740672c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2025 02:37:33 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Initial exploration of POM editing UX improvements

Co-authored-by: Eskibear <2351748+Eskibear@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 package-lock.json | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index f7aab8da..e365459f 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "vscode-java-pack",
-      "version": "0.30.2",
+      "version": "0.30.4",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@github/copilot-language-server": "^1.316.0",

From 82af2a311294d282d336fa125ade6cdf6b6d19b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2025 02:41:08 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Activate XML extension recommendation for POM editing

Co-authored-by: Eskibear <2351748+Eskibear@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 src/recommendation/index.ts | 2 ++
 src/recommendation/xml.ts   | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/recommendation/index.ts b/src/recommendation/index.ts
index fe0cf31a..03b543ce 100644
--- a/src/recommendation/index.ts
+++ b/src/recommendation/index.ts
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@
 import * as vscode from "vscode";
 import { initialize as initHandler, extensionRecommendationHandler } from "./handler";
 import { isExtensionInstalled, getExtensionContext, getInstalledExtension } from "../utils";
+import { initialize as initXmlRecommendation } from "./xml";
 
 export function initialize(_context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
   initHandler();
+  initXmlRecommendation(_context);
 }
 
 export async function validateAndRecommendExtension(extName: string, message: string, isForce: boolean = false) {
diff --git a/src/recommendation/xml.ts b/src/recommendation/xml.ts
index 59afd7b7..32703e67 100644
--- a/src/recommendation/xml.ts
+++ b/src/recommendation/xml.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import * as vscode from "vscode";
 import { extensionRecommendationHandler } from "./handler";
 
 const EXTENSION_NAME = "redhat.vscode-xml";
-const RECOMMENDATION_MESSAGE = "XML extension is recommended to check the syntax when editing pom.xml.";
+const RECOMMENDATION_MESSAGE = "XML extension is recommended for better POM editing with schema validation, auto-completion, and formatting.";
 
 function isPomDotXml(uri: vscode.Uri) {
   return !!uri.path && uri.path.toLowerCase().endsWith("pom.xml");