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Plugin Documentation

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

Goals

Goals available for this plugin:

Goal Description
expanders:configure-test-classpath Updates classpath for tests using the expansion-resource resolution. This prevents issues due to conflicts caused by maven using outdated artifacts.

Because it still preferred to update dependencies consistently, this class will log warnings when it updates an artifact.

expanders:expand Expand application.
expanders:expansionResource

Generate ExpansionResource manifest.

expanders:harvest Harvest application.
expanders:init-project Generate a project setup for a new NSX project
expanders:list-dependencies List ExpansionResource dependencies of a ApplicationExpansionSettings, ExpansionResource artifact, or ExpansionTrace zip.
expanders:prepare-resources Experimental
expanders:prime-task EXPERIMENTAL

Execute any nsx-prime task.

expanders:set-expansion-resource Set the expansion-resource version in expansionSettings.xml or add it if not defined.
expanders:set-model-version Updates versions in model files.
expanders:transmute-model Transmute project model files
expanders:update-expansion-settings Update expansion-resources in expansionSettings xml file.
expanders:validate-data

Validates DataResources for a project.

expanders:validate-model Validates project model files

System Requirements

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

Maven 3.3.3
JDK 17

System Requirements History

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

Plugin Version Maven JDK
from 2023.4.3 to 2024.6.1 - -
from 2021.5.4 to 2023.4.2 3.3.3 -
from 2020.13.0 to 2021.5.3 3.3.3 8

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>net.democritus.maven.plugins</groupId>
          <artifactId>expanders-maven-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>2024.7.0</version>
        </plugin>
        ...
      </plugins>
    </pluginManagement>
    <!-- To use the plugin goals in your POM or parent POM -->
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>net.democritus.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>expanders-maven-plugin</artifactId>
      </plugin>
      ...
    </plugins>
  </build>
  ...
</project>

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