Table of Contents

• Introduction to Plexus

• Developing Components

• Introduction To Components

• Lifecycle

• Personalities

• Plexus Personality

• Avalon Personality

• Pico Personality

• Spring Personality

• Configuration files

• Component Descriptor

• Component auto-configuration

• Building Components

• Component Identity

• Component Testing

• Developing Applications

• Runtime Builder

• Component Descriptor Creator (CDC)

• Plexus Application Server

• Building PARs

• Deploying PARs

• Services

• Advanced Topics

• Plexus Class Loading

• Programmatic Configuration of Container

• Appendices

• Appendix I: Javadoc tags reference for CDC

• Appendix II: Plexus Maven Plugin