Maven Lifecycle

To understand Maven one first needs to understand the Maven lifecycle

Calling Goals and Phases

Not all phases are meant to be called by the user, as some are hooks for the plugins.

The main phases, which can be used, are:

• validate

• compile

• test

• package

• verify

• install

• deploy

Prefixed phases, starting with pre-, post- and process- should be avoided. These are not meant to be called by users and may cause problems.

More Information

• Introduction to the Build Lifecycle