Goals available for this plugin:
| Goal | Description | 
|---|---|
| idea:clean | Removes all existing IDEA files for the project. | 
| idea:help | Display help information on maven-idea-plugin. Call mvn idea:help -Ddetail=true
-Dgoal=<goal-name>to display parameter details. | 
| idea:idea | Goal for generating IDEA files from a POM. This plug-in provides the ability to generate project files (.ipr, .iml and .iws files) for IDEA. | 
| idea:module | Creates the module files (*.iml) for IntelliJ IDEA. | 
| idea:project | Creates the project file (*.ipr) for IntelliJ IDEA. | 
| idea:workspace | Creates the workspace file (*.iws) for IntelliJ IDEA. | 
The following specifies the minimum requirements to run this Maven plugin:
| Maven | 2.0.1 | 
| JDK | 1.5 | 
| Memory | No minimum requirement. | 
| Disk Space | No minimum requirement. | 
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-idea-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>2.2.1</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-idea-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>2.2.1</version>
      </plugin>
      ...
    </plugins>
  </build>
  ...
</project>
For more information, see "Guide to Configuring Plug-ins"