DescriptorGeneratorMojo

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo
- - org.apache.maven.plugin.plugin.AbstractGeneratorMojo
  - - org.apache.maven.plugin.plugin.DescriptorGeneratorMojo

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.apache.maven.plugin.ContextEnabled, org.apache.maven.plugin.Mojo
```
@Mojo(name="descriptor",
      defaultPhase=PROCESS_CLASSES,
      requiresDependencyResolution=RUNTIME,
      threadSafe=true)
public class DescriptorGeneratorMojo
extends AbstractGeneratorMojo
```
Generate a plugin descriptor.

Note: Since 3.0, for Java plugin annotations support, default phase defined by this goal is after the "compilation" of any scripts. This doesn't override the default binding coded at generate-resources phase in Maven core.

Since:

2.0

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`protected java.io.File`	`outputDirectory`	The directory where the generated `plugin.xml` file will be put.
`private boolean`	`skipDescriptor`	A flag to disable generation of the `plugin.xml` in favor of a hand authored plugin descriptor.

Fields inherited from class org.apache.maven.plugin.plugin.AbstractGeneratorMojo
dependencies, encoding, extractors, goalPrefix, local, mojoScanner, packagingTypes, project, remoteRepos, skip, skipErrorNoDescriptorsFound

Fields inherited from interface org.apache.maven.plugin.Mojo
ROLE

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

DescriptorGeneratorMojo()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type Method Description

protected Generator createGenerator()

void execute()

protected java.io.File getOutputDirectory()
- Methods inherited from class org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo
  getLog, getPluginContext, setLog, setPluginContext
- Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
  clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - outputDirectory
```
@Parameter(defaultValue="${project.build.outputDirectory}/META-INF/maven")
protected java.io.File outputDirectory
```
    The directory where the generated plugin.xml file will be put.
  - skipDescriptor
```
@Parameter(defaultValue="false")
private boolean skipDescriptor
```
    A flag to disable generation of the plugin.xml in favor of a hand authored plugin descriptor.
    
    Since:
    
    2.6
- Constructor Detail
  - DescriptorGeneratorMojo
```
public DescriptorGeneratorMojo()
```
- Method Detail
  - getOutputDirectory
```
protected java.io.File getOutputDirectory()
```
    Specified by:
    
    getOutputDirectory in class AbstractGeneratorMojo
    
    Returns:
    
    the output directory where files will be generated.
  - createGenerator
```
protected Generator createGenerator()
```
    Specified by:
    
    createGenerator in class AbstractGeneratorMojo
    
    Returns:
    
    the wanted Generator implementation.
  - execute
```
public void execute()
             throws org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException
```
    Specified by:
    
    execute in interface org.apache.maven.plugin.Mojo
    
    Overrides:
    
    execute in class AbstractGeneratorMojo
    
    Throws:
    
    org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException