Usage

The plugin offers goals for validating and transforming XML files. Basically, the plugin is used as follows:

  <build>
    <plugins>
      ...
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
        <artifactId>xml-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        <executions>
          <execution>
            <goals>
              <goal>...</goal>
            </goals>
          </execution>
        </executions>
        <configuration>
          ...
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
      ...
    </plugins>
  </build>

In the above example, the goal would be either of validate, or transform.

Transformation and Validation are described on separate pages.

Using a proxy server

It is not unusual, that an XML parser attempts to load documents from external servers. In a corporate environment, this will likely work only, if a proxy server is used. The plugin accepts the standard Maven proxy configuration. See the Mini guide on proxy configuration for details.