Apache Maven 3 Cookbook

Extending Apache Maven
4. In this step, we included our plugin into a Maven project by appending to the
element in the pom.xml.
5. In the fifth step, we executed our plugin on the command line. Note that we used the
fully qualified plugin name, which included the complete package structure.
You have just created your first plugin, specified a custom goal, included the plugin in
a project, and executed it from the command line. Not a bad start! :-)
Making your Java Maven plugin useful
This recipe is a continuation of the preceding recipe in which we saw how to create an Apache
Maven plugin in Java.
We ran an archetype:generate, a Maven command to create a Maven plugin project and
modified the MyMojo.java source and the POM file. We then built, installed, and executed
the plugin from the command line.
However, in a real-world scenario, in addition to what we explored in the preceding recipe, your
plugin may need:
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Support for multiple goals
External configuration
Short commands
Execution in build phase
In this recipe, we take this to its logical conclusion. We have a fully-functional plugin and will
understand how to tweak, reconfigure, and enhance it further.
Getting ready
A prerequisite for the recipe is the preceding recipe, Creating a Maven plugin using Java.
You need to complete that recipe, create the Maven plugin project, and then continue with
this recipe.
How to do it...
Follow the ensuing steps to support multiple goals in your Apache Maven plugin:
1. In our maven-plug101-plugin project, let us create a new file called
MyMojo2.java:
package net.srirangan.packt.maven;
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import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;