Maven Build Plugins

Recommended Maven build plugins:

• Ant Run, can handle Ant scripts.

• Assembly, uilds a distributable file from all the project components.

• Clean, cleans the output folder.

• Compiler, compiles the source code.

• Dependency, copies and manipulates the project dependencies.

• Deploy, takes care of the deployment phase.

• Enforcer, stops the project from being built if it does not comply with a set of rules

• Failsafe, runs integration tests.

• Install, installs the project into the local Maven repository.

• JaCoCo, generates coverage data from Surefire and Failsafe.

• Jar, generates the jar file.

• Javadoc, handles the Javadocs.

• Release, generates releases and updates the project.

• Resources, handles the project resources.

• Site, generates the Maven Site.

• Source, bundles the source into the packaged project.

• Surefire, runs unit tests.

These will be used by Maven, but some may require additional configuration.

Check the archetypes to find out how to set them up.