Package org.apache.maven.api

Interface Lifecycle

All Superinterfaces:

ExtensibleEnum

@Experimental
@Immutable
public interface Lifecycle
extends ExtensibleEnum

A Maven lifecycle is a sequence of predefined phases that govern the build process of a Maven project. Each phase represents a specific step, such as compiling the code, running tests, packaging the project, and deploying it. Executing a phase triggers all preceding phases, ensuring that each step of the build process is completed in the correct order. The three main lifecycles in Maven are default, clean, and site, with the default lifecycle being the most commonly used for project builds.

Since:

4.0.0

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
static interface	Lifecycle.Alias	A phase alias, mostly used to support the Maven 3 phases which are mapped to dynamic phases in Maven 4.
static interface	Lifecycle.ChildrenPointer
static interface	Lifecycle.DependenciesPointer
static interface	Lifecycle.Link	A link from a phase to another phase, consisting of a type which can be Lifecycle.Link.Kind.BEFORE or Lifecycle.Link.Kind.AFTER, and a Lifecycle.Pointer to another phase.
static interface	Lifecycle.Phase	A phase in the lifecycle.
static interface	Lifecycle.PhasePointer
static interface	Lifecycle.Pointer

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final String	AFTER
static final String	AT
static final String	BEFORE
static final String	CLEAN
static final String	DEFAULT
static final String	SITE

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Collection<Lifecycle.Alias>	aliases()	Collection of aliases.
default Stream<Lifecycle.Phase>	allPhases()	Stream of phases containing all child phases recursively.
String	id()	Name or identifier of this lifecycle.
Collection<Lifecycle.Phase>	phases()	Collection of main phases for this lifecycle
default Collection<Lifecycle.Phase>	v3phases()	Collection of main phases for this lifecycle used with the Maven 3 builders.

Field Details

CLEAN

static final String CLEAN

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

DEFAULT

static final String DEFAULT

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• Constant Field Values

SITE

static final String SITE

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

BEFORE

static final String BEFORE

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

AFTER

static final String AFTER

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

AT

static final String AT

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

Method Details

id

String id()

Name or identifier of this lifecycle.

Specified by:

id in interface ExtensibleEnum

Returns:

the unique identifier for this lifecycle

phases

Collection<Lifecycle.Phase> phases()

Collection of main phases for this lifecycle

v3phases

default Collection<Lifecycle.Phase> v3phases()

Collection of main phases for this lifecycle used with the Maven 3 builders. Those builders does not operate on a graph, but on the list and expect a slightly different ordering (mainly unit test being executed before packaging).

allPhases

default Stream<Lifecycle.Phase> allPhases()

Stream of phases containing all child phases recursively.

aliases

Collection<Lifecycle.Alias> aliases()

Collection of aliases.