If you are developing a Maven plugin or other components related to Maven, you need often to install artifacts into the local repository which is a little bit cumbersome.
With this component, this can be easily done via the following code parts:
@Parameter ( defaultValue = "${session}", required = true, readonly = true )
private MavenSession session;
@Parameter ( defaultValue = "${project}", required = true, readonly = true )
private MavenProject project;
@Component
private ProjectInstaller installer;
...
public void execute()
{
ProjectInstallerRequest pir =
new ProjectInstallerRequest()
.setProject( project );
installer.install( session.getProjectBuildingRequest(), pir );
...
}