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This might be for your own build, or as an accompaniment to your third party tool.</p> <p><b>What is a Mojo?</b> A mojo is a <b>M</b>aven plain <b>O</b>ld <b>J</b>ava <b>O</b>bject. Each mojo is an executable <i>goal</i> in Maven, and a plugin is a distribution of one or more related mojos.</p> <ul> <li><a href="../guides/introduction/introduction-to-plugins.html"> Introduction to Plugin Development</a> - Introduction to concepts</li> <li><a href="../guides/plugin/guide-java-plugin-development.html"> Your First Mojo</a> - Learn how to write your first plugin</li> <li><a href="../guides/plugin/guide-java-report-plugin-development.html"> Your First Report Mojo</a> - Learn how to write your first reporting plugin</li> <li><a href="./plugin-testing.html"> Testing your Plugin</a> - How to write tests for your plugins</li> <li>TODO: creating and using custom packaging (like <a href="/archetype/archetype-packaging/"><code>maven-archetype</code> packaging</a>)</li> <li><a href="./common-bugs.html"> Common Bugs and Pitfalls</a> - Overview of problematic coding patterns</li></ul><section><a id="Reference"></a> <h2>Reference</h2> <ul> <li><a href="../developers/mojo-api-specification.html"> Mojo API and Annotation Reference</a></li> <li><a href="/plugin-tools/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/index.html"> Maven Plugin Tools and annotations</a></li> <li><a href="../ref/current/index.html"> Maven API Reference</a></li> <li><a href="../guides/mini/guide-maven-classloading.html"> Maven Class Loading</a></li></ul></section><section><a id="Extensions"></a> <h2>Extensions</h2> <ul> <li><a href="../examples/maven-3-lifecycle-extensions.html">Maven 3 lifecycle extensions</a></li> <li><a href="./cookbook/plexus-plugin-upgrade.html">How to upgrade from Plexus javadoc tags to Plexus Java annotations?</a></li> <li><a href="/maven-jsr330.html">Using JSR-330 (instead of Plexus Java annotations)</a></li></ul></section></section> </main> </div> </div> <hr/> <footer> <div class="container-fluid"> <div class="row-fluid"> <p>© 2002–2025 <a href="https://www.apache.org/">The Apache Software Foundation</a> </p> </div> </div> </footer> </body> </html>

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