Using with the License Plugin
Overview
This is a tip on using the buildmetadata-plugin with the maven-license-plugin.
To use the build.copyright.year property with the maven-license-plugin, the buildmetadata-plugin has to be run in the same build execution. Use the following tip to run the
license:format
Configuration
The buildmetadata-maven-plugin is configured to run in the initialize phase.
<plugin>
<groupId>de.smartics.maven.plugin</groupId>
<artifactId>buildmetadata-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.7.0</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>initialize</phase>
<goals>
<goal>provide-buildmetadata</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>The license plugin uses the copyright year property provided by the buildmetadata-plugin.
<plugin>
<groupId>com.mycila.maven-license-plugin</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-license-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.9.0</version>
<configuration>
...
<properties>
<year>\${build.copyright.year}</year>
</properties>
...
</plugin>