Maven Eclipse Plugin - Plugin Goals

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Maven 1.x Eclipse Plugin

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Goal	Description
eclipse:eclipse (or simply "eclipse")	The default goal. This goal simply executes the eclipse:generate-project and eclipse:generate-classpath goals. If the `org.eclipse.wst.common.modulecore.ModuleCoreNature` is found in `maven.eclipse.projectnatures` also calls the eclipse:generate-wtpmodules goal.
eclipse:clean	Deletes the `.project`, `.classpath` and `.wtpmodules` files.
eclipse:generate-project	Generates a `.project` file for eclipse describing the project and 'marking' it as a java project
eclipse:generate-classpath	Generates a `.classpath` file for the eclipse project with classpath entries for the build source directory the build unit test source directory the JRE being used the appropriate version of JUnit each Maven project `dependency` an output directory for compiled code: `target\classes` any .zip source archives
eclipse:generate-wtpmodules	Generates a `.wtpmodules` file for eclipse wtp marking the project as a j2ee module. Project with the `maven.multiproject.type` set to `war` are configured as web modules.
eclipse:external-tools	Generates an external tool entry for each goal available to a Maven project (depending of ${maven.eclipse.goals}) into a file named `externaltools.xml` If the ${maven.eclipse.workspace} property is set, the file is copied to the correct location within that workspace If the ${maven.eclipse.workspace} is not set, the file is created in the current directory, and should be manually copied to ${eclipse workspace}/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.ui.externaltools/externaltools.xml
eclipse:external-tools-21	Generates an external tool file for each default goal available to a Maven project into the `${maven.build.dir}/eclipse/` directory If the ${maven.eclipse.workspace} property is set, the file is copied to the correct location within that workspace If the ${maven.eclipse.workspace} is not set, the files should be manually copied to ${your eclipse workspace}/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.debug.core/.launches/
eclipse:add-maven-repo	Ensures that the classpath variable `MAVEN_REPO` exists in the Eclipse environment. The ${maven.eclipse.workspace} property must be set for this to succeed, and Eclipse must not be running.
eclipse:multiproject	Launch the eclipse goal in a multiproject environment. The properties ${maven.eclipse.multiproject.basedir}, ${maven.eclipse.multiproject.ignoreFailures}, ${maven.eclipse.multiproject.includes}, ${maven.eclipse.multiproject.excludes} are used to customize the behaviour of this goal.
eclipse:multiclean	Launch the eclipse:clean goal in a multiproject environment. The properties ${maven.eclipse.multiproject.basedir}, ${maven.eclipse.multiproject.ignoreFailures}, ${maven.eclipse.multiproject.includes}, ${maven.eclipse.multiproject.excludes} are used to customize the behaviour of this goal.