I just started using Maven and I read that plugins are additional components that can be used.
A typical structure of pom.xml
file is
<project>
<groupId>org.koshik.javabrains</groupId>
<artifactId>JarName</artifactId> (A fldernamed JarName was created)
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<name>JarName</name>
<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>3.8.1</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</project>
Question: Where should I insert a plugin
tag? such as the following:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.jibx</groupId>
<artifactId>jibx-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.2.4</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>bind</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
Before the dependency or after the dependency
tag? Does it matter?
<project>
<groupId>org.koshik.javabrains</groupId>
<artifactId>JarName</artifactId> (A fldernamed JarName was created)
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<name>JarName</name>
<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
</properties>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.jibx</groupId>
<artifactId>jibx-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.2.4</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>bind</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>3.8.1</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</project>
You can also place plugins in the <build>
section of <profile>
if you use maven profiles. The order doesn't matter.