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 Introduction
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 Hervé Boutemy
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 2012-06-02
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Maven Plugin API

 The API for plugins - composed of goals implemented by Mojos - development:

 * goal code extends {{{./apidocs/org/apache/maven/plugin/AbstractMojo.html}<<<AbstractMojo>>> base class}} that implements {{{./apidocs/org/apache/maven/plugin/Mojo.html}<<<Mojo>>> interface}},

 * {{{./apidocs/org/apache/maven/plugin/logging/Log.html}<<<Log>>> interface}} provides easy logging for the goal.

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 A plugin is described in a {{{./plugin.html}<<<META-INF/maven/plugin.xml>>> plugin descriptor}},
 generally generated from plugin sources using {{{/plugin-tools/maven-plugin-plugin/}maven-plugin-plugin}}.

* See Also

 * {{{/developers/mojo-api-specification.html}Mojo API Specification}}

 * {{{/plugin-tools/}Plugin Tools}} that provide {{{/plugin-tools/maven-plugin-plugin/}maven-plugin-plugin}} to generate the {{{./plugin.html}<<<META-INF/maven/plugin.xml>>> plugin descriptor}}

 * {{{/plugin-testing/}Plugin Testing}} frameworks