December 2014
Intermediate to advanced
298 pages
6h 22m
English
A Maven build lifecycle consists of a set of well-defined phases. Each phase groups a set of goals defined by Maven plugins and the lifecycle defines the order of execution. A Maven plugin is a collection of goals where each goal is responsible for performing a specific action. We'll be discussing Maven plugins in detail in Chapter 5, Maven Plugins.
In this chapter, the following topics will be covered:
The following figure shows the relationship between Maven plugin goals and lifecycle phases:

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