Overview

• Introduction
• Javadocs
• Source Xref

Reference

• META-INF/maven/lifecycle.xml
• META-INF/maven/plugin.xml

Descriptors Reference

• POM
• Settings
• Toolchains

Reference

• Lifecycles
• Plugin Bindings to Default Lifecycle
• Artifact Handlers
• CLI options
• Super POM

Development

• Maven Developer Centre
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  • Dependencies
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Maven 3 Plugin API

The API for Maven 3 plugins - composed of goals implemented by Mojos - development:

• goal code extends AbstractMojo base class that implements Mojo interface,
• Log interface provides easy logging for the goal.

A plugin is described in a META-INF/maven/plugin.xml plugin descriptor, generally generated from plugin sources using maven-plugin-plugin.

See Also

• Mojo API Specification
• Plugin Tools that provide maven-plugin-plugin to generate the META-INF/maven/plugin.xml plugin descriptor
• Plugin Testing frameworks