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Maven IDEA Plugin Settings

Property name Optional? Description
maven.idea.project.version Yes The IDEA version to generate project files. Valid values are 3 or 4. IDEA 4 is the default.
maven.cvs.client.exe Yes Specifies the cvs path. (IDEA 3 only)
maven.idea.project.multiproject.includes Yes This is the list of file specifications to be included when searching for projects to be processed by the plugin.

Default value is ${maven.multiproject.includes} (see multiproject) It means that mutiproject setup is used when no value is provided.
maven.idea.project.multiproject.excludes Yes This is the list of file specifications to be excluded when idea:multiproject goal is executed

Default value is ${maven.multiproject.excludes}
maven.idea.project.multiproject.basedir Yes This is the base directory that the plugin will use for idea:multiproject goal is executed

Default value is ${maven.multiproject.basedir}
maven.idea.generated.source Yes Comma separated list of directories under target containing generated source to be included in the idea module. Common examples would be xmlbeans or xdoclet generated code.
maven.idea.target.exclude Yes Flag to control exclusion of the target directory from the idea project. This can give a speed up for large projects and avoids finding duplicate resources when using "Go to file...".

Default value is true.
maven.idea.jdk Yes The target JDK module name. java version "${java.version}" is the default. (IDEA 4 only)