Lifecycle

Configuration of custom lifecycle mappings for the plugin, as generally stored in META-INF/maven/lifecycle.xml in a plugin's jar artifact.


<lifecycles xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/LIFECYCLE/2.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/LIFECYCLE/2.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/lifecycle-2.0.0.xsd">
  <lifecycle>
    <id/>
    <phases>
      <phase executionPoint=.. priority=.. >
        <id/>
        <executions>
          <execution>
            <configuration/>
            <goals/>
          </execution>
        </executions>
        <configuration/>
      </phase>
    </phases>
  </lifecycle>
</lifecycles>

lifecycles

Root element of the lifecycle.xml file.

Element	Type	Description
`lifecycle*`	`List<Lifecycle>`	(Many) No description.

lifecycle

A custom lifecycle mapping definition.

Element	Type	Description
`id`	`String`	The ID of this lifecycle, for identification in the mojo descriptor.
`phases/phase*`	`List<Phase>`	(Many) The phase mappings for this lifecycle.

phase

A phase mapping definition.

Attribute	Type	Description
`executionPoint`	`String`	If specified, identifies this phase as a dynamic phase to decorate the specified phase id, e.g. `after` or `before`. Default value:
`priority`	`int`	If specified, identifies a within phase prioritization of executions. Default value: `0`

Element	Type	Description
`id`	`String`	The ID of this phase, e.g., `generate-sources`.
`executions/execution*`	`List<Execution>`	(Many) The goals to execute within the phase.
`configuration`	`DOM`	Configuration to pass to all goals run in this phase.

execution

A set of goals to execute.

Element	Type	Description
`configuration`	`DOM`	Configuration to pass to the goals.
`goals/goal*`	`List<String>`	(Many) The goals to execute.