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Configuring Generation of Plugin Descriptor
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Maria Odea Ching
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2008-02-01
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Configuring Generation of Plugin Descriptor
To configure the generation of the plugin descriptor, add the following to the project's POM:
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...
org.apache.maven.plugins
maven-plugin-plugin
${project.version}
plugin
target/dir
...
...
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The <<>> parameter will set the goal prefix for the plugin that is specified in the descriptor. The <<>>
parameter, on the other hand, specifies the target location of the generated plugin descriptor.
* Example
For instance, if we make reference on <<>> from <<>> which is generated by the
Maven Archetype Plugin, i.e.:
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mvn archetype:create \
-DgroupId=org.apache.maven.plugin.my \
-DartifactId=maven-my-plugin \
-DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-mojo
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The plugin descriptor generated by <<>> should be:
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org.apache.maven.plugin.my
maven-my-plugin
1.0-SNAPSHOT
my
false
true
touch
Goal which touches a timestamp file.
false
true
false
false
false
true
process-sources
org.apache.maven.plugin.my.MyMojo
java
per-lookup
once-per-session
outputDirectory
java.io.File
true
true
Location of the file.
\${project.build.directory}
org.apache.maven
maven-plugin-api
jar
2.0
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