We are pleased to announce the Maven Java Plugin 1.2 release! 

http://maven.apache.org/maven-1.x/plugins/java/


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Changes in this version include:

  New Features:

o Added the jar:install-snapshot goal to install a SNAPSHOT version jar in 
  the local repository. 
o Added maven.compile.encoding property Thanks to Daigo Moriwaki. 

  Fixed bugs:

o Added docs on properties  

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To automatically install the plugin, type the following on a single line:

maven plugin:download
  -Dmaven.repo.remote=http://repo1.maven.org/maven,http://people.apache.org/repo/m1-snapshot-repository/
  -DgroupId=maven
  -DartifactId=maven-java-plugin
  -Dversion=1.2

For a manual installation, you can download the plugin here:
http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/java-repository/maven/plugins/maven-java-plugin-1.2.jar
 

Have fun!
-The Maven Java Plugin development team