What is MOJO in Maven?

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dnim picture dnim · Dec 7, 2011 · Viewed 53.5k times · Source

I'm reading about Maven right now and everywhere in a text I see this word (mojo). I approximately understand what it means, but I would not refuse from a good explanation. I tried to google, but found only non-maven explanations.

POJO - ok, but MOJO? Maven Old Java Object?

Answer

Lynn Crumbling picture Lynn Crumbling · Dec 7, 2011

Yes, from http://maven.apache.org/plugin-developers/index.html:

What is a Mojo? A mojo is a Maven plain Old Java Object. Each mojo is an executable goal in Maven, and a plugin is a distribution of one or more related mojos.

In short, a mojo is a maven goal, to extend functionality not already found in maven.

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