Developing Maven 3.0 Plugin

I have developed few Maven plugins for Maven 2, but I am wondering what are the main changes when I want to develop a plugin (or migrate the existing ones) for Maven 3.0.

The documentation on the Maven site in not up-to-date (what a surprise!) and all related pages still deal with Maven 2.0, like this one:

This guide is intended to assist users in developing Java plugins for Maven 2.0.

As an example, in Maven 2 plugin, I defined a configuration parameter like this:

/**
 * Some parameter.
 * 
 * @parameter
 * @required
 */
private String foo;

So now, using the new Maven Plugin API, I expect real Java annotations...

Question: Where can I find documentation / information about the d开发者_Python百科evelopment of Maven 3 plugins?

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There is now a work-in-progress implementation of annotations for Maven plugins developments! Read the following links:

• https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/Java+5+Annotations+for+Plugins
• http://olamy.blogspot.fr/2012/05/java5-annotations-support-for-maven.html

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for the record you can have a look http://maven.apache.org/plugin-tools/maven-plugin-plugin/examples/using-annotations.html

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Just saw this... maybe it's helpful.

http://www.sonatype.com/people/2010/11/whats-in-maven-3-0-for-plugin-authors/

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I think the best source is http://www.sonatype.com/books/mvnref-book/reference/index.html Maybe it is not up to date but it is the best choice in my oppinion.

For developing maven plugins see section 11.

I hope it was helpfull.

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Don't know if this is still relevant but this plugin provides annotation support

Maven Anno Mojo

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In meantime the official doc seems to be up to date: http://maven.apache.org/guides/plugin/guide-java-plugin-development.html

(they use annotations everywhere)

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This is the best I have been able to find regarding plugin development.

http://maven.apache.org/guides/plugin/guide-java-plugin-development.html

Often the best way to work with maven is to use the archetype and play around with that.