Apache Maven 3 Cookbook

Extending Apache Maven
org.apache.maven.plugins
maven-jxr-plugin
2.1
Creating a Maven plugin using Ant
Apache Ant is a software build automation tool for the Java platform. It uses an XML build
configuration file (similar to Apache Maven and dissimilar to Make) for defining project builds.
Ant is extremely popular. Not only is it lightweight and an occasional replacement for Maven
itself, but it inherently is easy to use for non-programmers. This is because it consists of
instructions written in XML rather than any programming language.
If you want to create an extension for Maven, that is, create a Maven plugin in Apache Ant,
then this recipe is for you.
Getting ready
For this recipe, you need Apache Maven 3 installed and set up correctly. You also need to be
familiar with Maven concepts such as archetypes, project co-ordinates, dependencies, and
so on.
Additionally, you need to be familiar with Apache Ant and the overall reporting/documentation
process in an Apache Maven project.
How to do it...
Let's get started.
1. Create a new project named maven-plugant-plugin with the following folder tree
structure thereafter:
└───src
└───main
└───scripts
2. Create an XML file named src/main/scripts/hello.build.xml with the
following contents:
Hello, World
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