Plugin documentation

Goals available for this plugin:

Goal Description
build-helper:attach-artifact Attach additional artifacts to be installed and deployed.
build-helper:add-test-source Add test source directories to the POM.
build-helper:reserve-network-port Reserve a list of random and not in used network ports and place them in a configurable project properties.
build-helper:add-source Add more source directories to the POM.
build-helper:remove-project-artifact Remove project's artifacts from local repository. Useful to keep only one copy of large local snapshot, for example: installer, for disk space optimization purpose.

System Requirements

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

Maven 2.0
JDK 1.4
Memory No minimum requirement.
Disk Space No minimum requirement.

Usage

You could run 'mvn -up' to get the latest version of this plugin, or specify the version in your project's plugin configuration:

<project>
  ...
  <build>
    <!-- To define the plugin version in your parent POM -->
    <pluginManagement>
      <plugins>
        <plugin>
          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo<groupId>
          <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin<artifactId>
          <version>1.2<version>
        </plugin>
        ...
      </plugins>
    </pluginManagement>
    <!-- To use the plugin goals in your POM or parent POM -->
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo<groupId>
        <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin<artifactId>
        <version>1.2<version>
      </plugin>
      ...
    </plugins>
  </build>
  ...
</project>
For more information, see "Guide to Configuring Plug-ins"