Plugin Documentation

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

Goals

Goals available for this plugin:

Goal Description
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 2024.1.0 - -
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>2024.1.1</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"