Apache Maven Toolchains Plugin Version 1.1 Released

The Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Toolchains Plugin, version 1.1.

The Toolchains Plugins allows to share configuration across plugins. For example to make sure the plugins like compiler, surefire, javadoc, webstart etc. all use the same JDK for execution.

You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration:

1<plugin>
2  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
3  <artifactId>maven-toolchains-plugin</artifactId>
4  <version>1.1</version>
5</plugin>

Release Notes - Apache Maven Toolchains Plugin - Version 1.1.

Bug:

• MTOOLCHAINS-6 Cannot create custom toolchain type

Improvements:

• MTOOLCHAINS-11 Double check toolchain type to protect against core bug MNG-5716
• MTOOLCHAINS-10 Improve plugin output
• MTOOLCHAINS-1 Document how to create new toolchains

Tasks:

• MTOOLCHAINS-9 Upgrade to Maven 2.2.1 compatiblity
• MTOOLCHAINS-8 improve code and javadoc
• MTOOLCHAINS-7 add an IT to check that the plugin works as expected
• MTOOLCHAINS-4 use maven-plugin-tools' java 5 annotations

Enjoy,

-The Maven team