Plugin Documentation

Goals available for this plugin:

GoalDescription
license:checkCheck if the source files of the project have a valid license header
license:formatReformat files with a missing header to add it
license:helpDisplay help information on license-maven-plugin.
Call mvn license:help -Ddetail=true -Dgoal=<goal-name> to display parameter details.
license:removeRemove the specified header from source files

System Requirements

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

Maven2.0
JDK1.7
MemoryNo minimum requirement.
Disk SpaceNo minimum requirement.

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>com.mycila</groupId>
          <artifactId>license-maven-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>2.3</version>
        </plugin>
        ...
      </plugins>
    </pluginManagement>
    <!-- To use the plugin goals in your POM or parent POM -->
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>com.mycila</groupId>
        <artifactId>license-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>2.3</version>
      </plugin>
      ...
    </plugins>
  </build>
  ...
</project>

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