Plugin Documentation
Goals available for this plugin:
| Goal | Report? | Description |
|---|---|---|
| plugin:addPluginArtifactMetadata | No | Inject any plugin-specific artifact metadata to the project's artifact, for subsequent installation and deployment. It is used:
See also: org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.ArtifactRepositoryMetadata, org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.GroupRepositoryMetadata |
| plugin:descriptor | No | Generate a plugin descriptor. Note: Since 3.0, for Java plugin annotations support, default phase defined by this goal is after the "compilation" of any scripts. This doesn't override the default binding coded at generate-resources phase in Maven core. |
| plugin:help | No | Display help information on maven-plugin-plugin. Call mvn plugin:help -Ddetail=true -Dgoal=<goal-name> to display parameter details. |
| plugin:helpmojo | No | Generates a HelpMojo class. Relies at runtime on one output file from DescriptorGeneratorMojo. |
| plugin:report | Yes | Deprecated. use the maven-plugin-report-plugin instead |
System Requirements
The following specifies the minimum requirements to run this Maven plugin:
| Maven | 3.2.5 |
| JDK | 1.8 |
Usage
You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration:
<project>
...
<build>
<!-- To define the plugin version in your parent POM -->
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.8.1</version>
</plugin>
...
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
<!-- To use the plugin goals in your POM or parent POM -->
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
...
</plugins>
</build>
...
<!-- To use the report goals in your POM or parent POM -->
<reporting>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.8.1</version>
</plugin>
...
</plugins>
</reporting>
...
</project>
For more information, see "Guide to Configuring Plug-ins"