The maven team is pleased to announce the Maven Java Plug-in 1.5-SNAPSHOT 
release! 

http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/java/



Changes in this version include:

  Changes:

o Deprecate dependency handle 
o Use assert taglib for tests  

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

maven plugin:download 
  -DgroupId=maven 
  -DartifactId=maven-java-plugin
  -Dversion=1.5-SNAPSHOT

For a manual installation, you can download the plugin here:
http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/java-repository/maven/plugins/maven-java-plugin-1.5-SNAPSHOT.jar
         

Have fun!
-The maven team