Plugin Documentation

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

Goals

Goals available for this plugin:

Goal	Description
exec:exec	A Plugin for executing external programs.
exec:help	Display help information on exec-maven-plugin. Call `mvn exec:help -Ddetail=true -Dgoal=<goal-name>` to display parameter details.
exec:java	Executes the supplied java class in the current VM with the enclosing project's dependencies as classpath. This is the Java 8 base implementation.

System Requirements

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

Maven	3.6.3
JDK	1.8

System Requirements History

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

Plugin Version	Maven	JDK
from 3.1.1 to 3.6.2	3.6.3	8
3.1.0	3.2.5	8
3.0.0	3.0	7
1.6.0	2.2.1	7
from 1.3.2 to 1.5.0	2.2.1	5
from 1.3 to 1.3.1	2.0.6	5
from 1.1.1 to 1.2.1	2.0.6	1.4
1.1	2.0.4	1.4
from 1.0 to 1.1-beta-1	-	-

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>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>3.6.2</version>
        </plugin>
        ...
      </plugins>
    </pluginManagement>
    <!-- To use the plugin goals in your POM or parent POM -->
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
        <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
      </plugin>
      ...
    </plugins>
  </build>
  ...
</project>

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