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Plugin Details

This report describes goals, parameters details, requirements and sample usage of this plugin.

Goals

Goals available for this plugin:

Goal Description
jaxb2:help Display help information on jaxb2-maven-plugin.
Call mvn jaxb2:help -Ddetail=true -Dgoal=<goal-name> to display parameter details.
jaxb2:schemagen

Mojo that creates XML schema(s) from compile-scope Java sources or binaries by invoking the JAXB SchemaGenerator. This implementation is tailored to use the JAXB Reference Implementation from project Kenai.

Note that the SchemaGenerationMojo was completely re-implemented for the 2.x versions. Its configuration semantics and parameter set is not necessarily backwards compatible with the 1.x plugin versions. If you are upgrading from version 1.x of the plugin, read the documentation carefully.


See also: The JAXB Reference Implementation
jaxb2:testSchemagen

Mojo that creates XML schema(s) from test-scope Java testSources or binaries by invoking the JAXB SchemaGenerator. This implementation is tailored to use the JAXB Reference Implementation from project Kenai.

Note that the TestSchemaGenerationMojo was completely re-implemented for the 2.x versions. Its configuration semantics and parameter set is not backwards compatible with the 1.x plugin versions. If you are upgrading from version 1.x of the plugin, read the documentation carefully.


See also: The JAXB Reference Implementation
jaxb2:testXjc

Mojo that creates test-scope Java source or binaries from XML schema(s) by invoking the JAXB XJC binding compiler. This implementation is tailored to use the JAXB Reference Implementation from project Kenai.

Note that the TestXjcMojo was completely re-implemented for the 2.x versions. Its configuration semantics and parameter set is not necessarily backwards compatible with the 1.x plugin versions. If you are upgrading from version 1.x of the plugin, read the documentation carefully.


See also: The JAXB Reference Implementation
jaxb2:xjc

Mojo that creates compile-scope Java source or binaries from XML schema(s) by invoking the JAXB XJC binding compiler. This implementation is tailored to use the JAXB Reference Implementation from project Kenai.

Note that the XjcMojo was completely re-implemented for the 2.x versions. Its configuration semantics and parameter set is not necessarily backwards compatible with the 1.x plugin versions. If you are upgrading from version 1.x of the plugin, read the documentation carefully.


See also: The JAXB Reference Implementation

System Requirements

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

Maven 3.6.3
JDK 11

System Requirements History

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

Plugin Version Maven JDK
from 4.0.0 to 4.1.0 3.6.3 11
from 3.2.0 to 3.3.0 3.6.3 8
3.1.0 3.2.5 8
from 2.4 to 2.5.0 3.0.5 7
from 2.3 to 2.3.1 3.0.5 6
from 2.1 to 2.2 3.0 6
1.6 2.2.1 6
from 1.3 to 1.5 2.0.10 5
from 1.1 to 1.2 2.0.4 5
1.0 - 5

Usage

You should 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>jaxb2-maven-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>4.1.0</version>
        </plugin>
        ...
      </plugins>
    </pluginManagement>
    <!-- To use the plugin goals in your POM or parent POM -->
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
        <artifactId>jaxb2-maven-plugin</artifactId>
      </plugin>
      ...
    </plugins>
  </build>
  ...
</project>

For more information, see "Guide to Configuring Plug-ins"