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  Usage
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  Robert Scholte
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  2017-11-05

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Usage

* Introduction

  The Maven JDeprScan plugin is used to scan class files for uses of deprecated API elements.
  
* Configuration of the Maven JDeprScan Plugin

  To use the Maven JDeprScan Plugin you have to configure it as an <<<extensions>>> which means
  the configuration in your pom file has to look like this:
  
+-----
<project>
  [...]
  <build>
    [...]
    <plugins>
      [...]
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-jdeprscan-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>${project.version}</version>
        <configuration>
          <!-- configuration elements goes here -->
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
   [...]
</project>
+-----

  The configuration element contains the configuration for the plugin 
  {{{https://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-configuring-plugins.html}like any other Maven plugin}}.
  The different elements which can be configured for this plugin can identified by the
  {{{./plugin-info.html}goals documentation}}.

* Requirements

  Based on the foundation of the plugin it is required to have JDK 9 installed. This means
  either you have it configured via <<JAVA_HOME>> which means to run the whole
  Maven build with JDK 9 or via <<Toolchains>>.

  How to configure Maven related to Toolchains can be read in the
  {{{https://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-using-toolchains.html}Toolchains documentation}}.