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Plugin Developers Centre
This documentation centre is for those who are developing Maven plugins. This might be for your own build, or as an accompaniment to your third party tool.
What is a Mojo? A mojo is a Maven plain Old Java Object. Each mojo is an executable goal in Maven, and a plugin is a distribution of one or more related mojos.
Introduction to Plugin Development - Introduction to concepts
Your First Mojo - Learn how to write your first plugin
Your First Report Mojo - Learn how to write your first reporting plugin
Writing Plugin Documentation - Learn how to write documentation for your plugin
Testing your Plugin - How to write tests for your plugins
TODO: creating and using custom packaging (like maven-archetype packaging)
Common Bugs and Pitfalls - Overview of problematic coding patterns
Reference
Mojo API and Annotation Reference
Maven Plugin Tools and annotations
Maven API Reference
Maven Class Loading
Extensions
Maven 3 lifecycle extensions
How to upgrade from Plexus javadoc tags to Plexus Java annotations?
Using JSR-330 (instead of Plexus Java annotations)
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