src/site/markdown/examples/configureplugin.md.vm

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title: Configuring Source Plugin
author: 
  - Maria Odea Ching
date: 11 July 2006
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# Configuring Source Plugin

To customize the plugin, you can change its configuration parameters in your POM, as shown below:

```xml
<project>
  ...
  <build>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>${project.version}</version>
        <configuration>
          <outputDirectory>/absolute/path/to/the/output/directory</outputDirectory>
          <finalName>filename-of-generated-jar-file</finalName>
          <attach>false</attach>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>
  ...
</project>
```

The generated jar file will be named by the value of the `finalName` plus "-sources" if it is the main sources. Otherwise, it would be `finalName` plus "-test-sources" if it is the test sources. It will be generated in the specified `outputDirectory`. The `attach` parameter specifies whether the java sources will be attached to the artifact list of the project.