mvn [plugin-name]:[goal-name]
mvn compiler:compile
这里写的十分详细: https://www.tutorialspoint.com/maven/maven_quick_guide.htm
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Maven is actually a plugin execution framework where every task is actually done by plugins. Maven Plugins are generally used to ?
A plugin generally provides a set of goals, which can be executed using the following syntax ?
mvn [plugin-name]:[goal-name]
For example, a Java project can be compiled with the maven-compiler-plugin‘s compile-goal by running the following command.
mvn compiler:compile
Maven provided the following two types of Plugins ?
| Sr.No. | Type & Description | 
|---|---|
| 1 | Build plugins They execute during the build process and should be configured in the <build/> element of pom.xml. | 
| 2 | Reporting plugins They execute during the site generation process and they should be configured in the <reporting/> element of the pom.xml. | 
Following is the list of few common plugins ?
| Sr.No. | Plugin & Description | 
|---|---|
| 1 | clean Cleans up target after the build. Deletes the target directory. | 
| 2 | compiler Compiles Java source files. | 
| 3 | surefire Runs the JUnit unit tests. Creates test reports. | 
| 4 | jar Builds a JAR file from the current project. | 
| 5 | war Builds a WAR file from the current project. | 
| 6 | javadoc Generates Javadoc for the project. | 
| 7 | antrun Runs a set of ant tasks from any phase mentioned of the build. | 
Example
We‘ve used maven-antrun-plugin extensively in our examples to print data on console. Refer Build Profiles chapter. Let us understand it in a better way and create a pom.xml in C:\MVN\project folder.
<project xmlns = "http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
   xmlns:xsi = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
   xsi:schemaLocation = "http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0
   http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.companyname.projectgroup</groupId>
   <artifactId>project</artifactId>
   <version>1.0</version>
   <build>
      <plugins>
         <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>1.1</version>
            <executions>
               <execution>
                  <id>id.clean</id>
                  <phase>clean</phase>
                  <goals>
                     <goal>run</goal>
                  </goals>
                  <configuration>
                     <tasks>
                        <echo>clean phase</echo>
                     </tasks>
                  </configuration>
               </execution>     
            </executions>
         </plugin>
      </plugins>
   </build>
</project>
Next, open the command console and go to the folder containing pom.xml and execute the following mvn command.
C:\MVN\project>mvn clean
Maven will start processing and displaying the clean phase of clean life cycle
原文:http://www.cnblogs.com/oxspirt/p/7367929.html