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 Guide to Configuring Archive Plugins
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 Brett Porter
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 2006-06-21
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Guide to Configuring Archive Plugins

 Many Java archive generating plugins accept the <<<archive>>> configuration element to customize the generation of the archive.
 In the standard Maven Plugins, this includes the <<<jar>>>, <<<war>>>, <<<ejb>>>, <<<ear>>> and <<<assembly>>> plugins.

* Disabling Maven Meta Information

 By default, Maven generated archives include the <<<META-INF/maven>>> directory, which contains the <<<pom.xml>>> file used to
 build the archive, and a <<<pom.properties>>> file that includes some basic properties in a small, easier to read format.

 To disable the generation of these files, include the following configuration for your plugin (in this example, the WAR plugin
 is used):

+----+
<project>
  ...
  <build>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>2.4</version>
        <configuration>
          <archive>
            <addMavenDescriptor>false</addMavenDescriptor>
          </archive>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>
  ...
</project>

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~~ other things: index, compress

* Configuring the Manifest

  The archive configuration also accepts manifest configuration. See {{{./guide-manifest.html}Guide to Working with Manifests}} for more information.