Plugin Documentation

Goals available for this plugin:

Goal Report? Description
buildmetadata:build-point No Adds the build time to the properties file and runs all providers flagged with Provider.RUN_AT_BUILD_POINT .
buildmetadata:buildmetadata-report Yes Generates a report about the meta data provided to the build.
buildmetadata:provide-buildmetadata No Provides the build properties. This information is also written to a build.properties file.

System Requirements

The following specifies the minimum requirements to run this Maven plugin:

Maven 2.0
JDK 1.6
Memory No minimum requirement.
Disk Space No minimum requirement.

Usage

You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration:

<project>
  ...
  <build>
    <!-- To define the plugin version in your parent POM -->
    <pluginManagement>
      <plugins>
        <plugin>
          <groupId>de.smartics.maven.plugin</groupId>
          <artifactId>buildmetadata-maven-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>1.7.0</version>
        </plugin>
        ...
      </plugins>
    </pluginManagement>
    <!-- To use the plugin goals in your POM or parent POM -->
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>de.smartics.maven.plugin</groupId>
        <artifactId>buildmetadata-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>1.7.0</version>
      </plugin>
      ...
    </plugins>
  </build>
  ...
  <!-- To use the report goals in your POM or parent POM -->
  <reporting>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>de.smartics.maven.plugin</groupId>
        <artifactId>buildmetadata-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>1.7.0</version>
      </plugin>
      ...
    </plugins>
  </reporting>
  ...
</project>

For more information, see "Guide to Configuring Plug-ins"