The Maven JavaDoc Plugin uses the Javadoc tool to generate javadocs for the specified project. Goals: javadoc:javadoc generates the Javadoc files for the project. It executes the...

The Maven Source Plugin is used to create a jar archive of the source files of your project. Goals: source:aggregate aggregates sources for all modules in...

The Maven JAR Plugin is used to package your project artifacts into jar files. Goals: jar:jar create a jar file for your project classes inclusive resources. jar:test-jar create...

The Maven Surefire Plugin is used to run unit tests of an application. It generates reports in two different file formats: Plain text files (*.txt) XML...

The Maven Site Plugin is used to generate a site for the project. It can be used for documentation purpose including the project’s reports which were...

The Maven Install Plugin is used to add artifacts to the local repository. The Install Plugin uses the information in the POM (groupId, artifactId, version) to...

The Maven Failsafe Plugin is used to run integration tests. The Failsafe Plugin will not fail the build during the integration-test phase, thus enabling the post-integration-test...

The Maven Compile Plugin is used to compile all the source code for your project. Goals: compiler:compile is bound to the compile phase and is used to compile...

The Maven Clean Plugin removes all the resources like files and directories created during the previous build. It also cleans up the target directory by default. Goal:...