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 Introduction
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The Rat Maven Plugin

  This plugin may be used to run Rat, the
  {{{../index.html}Release Audit Tool}}. It
  verifies, whether your source code matches standards like the
  {{{http://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html}ASF Source Header
  and Copyright Notice Policy}}.

* Goals Overview

  The following goals are available:

  * {{{./check-mojo.html}apache-rat:check}} Runs Rat and creates a report, which is written
    to a plain text file.

  * {{{./rat-mojo.html}apache-rat:rat}} Runs Rat and creates a report, which will be added
    to the generated site.

* Usage

  Instructions on how to use the Rat Maven Plugin can be found on the {{{./usage.html}usage page}}.

* Examples

  To provide you with better understanding of some usages of the Rat Maven Plugin,
  you can take a look into the following examples:

  * {{{./examples/basic.html}Basic use}} of the apache-rat:check goal.

  * {{{./examples/verify.html}Automatically}} running the apache-rat:check goal
    when the project is built.

  * Adding the report to the {{{./examples/site.html}generated site}}.

  * Applying a {{{./examples/custom-license.html}custom license}}.