Plugin Documentation
Goals available for this plugin:
Goal | Description |
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plexus-component-metadata:generate-metadata | Generates a Plexus components.xml component descriptor file from source (javadoc) or class annotations and manually crafted descriptor files. |
plexus-component-metadata:generate-test-metadata | Generates a Plexus components.xml component descriptor file from test source (javadoc) or test class annotations and manually crafted descriptor files. |
plexus-component-metadata:help | Display help information on plexus-component-metadata. Call mvn plexus-component-metadata:help -Ddetail=true -Dgoal=<goal-name> to display parameter details. |
plexus-component-metadata:merge-metadata | Merges a set of Plexus descriptors into one descriptor file. |
System Requirements
The following specifies the minimum requirements to run this Maven plugin:
Maven | 2.0 |
JDK | 8 |
Usage
You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration:
<project> ... <build> <!-- To define the plugin version in your parent POM --> <pluginManagement> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId> <artifactId>plexus-component-metadata</artifactId> <version>2.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version> </plugin> ... </plugins> </pluginManagement> <!-- To use the plugin goals in your POM or parent POM --> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId> <artifactId>plexus-component-metadata</artifactId> </plugin> ... </plugins> </build> ... </project>
For more information, see "Guide to Configuring Plug-ins"