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 Configuring Generation of Plugin Descriptor
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 Maria Odea Ching
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 July 2006
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Configuring Generation of Plugin Descriptor

 To configure the generation of the plugin descriptor, add the following to the project's pom:

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<project>
  ...
  <build>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
        <configuration>
          <goalPrefix>plugin</goalPrefix>
          <outputDirectory>${basedir}/target/dir</outputDirectory>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  ...
  </build>
  ...
</project>
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 The <<<goalPrefix>>> parameter will set the goal prefix for the plugin that is specified in the descriptor. The <<<outputDirectory>>>
 parameter, on the other hand, specifies the target location of the generated plugin descriptor.