[MNG-5346] update maven-plugin-plugin:descriptor default binding from generate-resources phase to process-classes

• Type: Wish
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.2.1
• Fix Version/s: issues to be reviewed for 3.0.6, 3.2.2
• Assignee: Jason van Zyl
• Reporter: Herve Boutemy
• Created: 16/Sep/12 11:50
• Updated: 28/Mar/20 14:57
• Resolved: 12/Jun/14 01:58

Description

with Java annotations support added in Maven Plugin Tools 3.0, descriptor cannot be generated before compilation

actually, to use annotations, users need to add extra configuration to avoid failure and to bind the goal to proper phase:

        <configuration>
          <skipErrorNoDescriptorsFound>true</skipErrorNoDescriptorsFound>
        </configuration>
        <executions>
          <execution>
            <id>mojo-descriptor</id>
            <goals>
              <goal>descriptor</goal>
            </goals>
          </execution>

changing the default lifecycle binding will enable removal of this extra configuration

notice that removing the configuration from pom will require to check newer Maven version is used to build the plugin

Issue Links

• is related to: MNG-6169 Packaging plugin bindings version updates
• relates to: MPLUGIN-238 HelpMojo phases fails when using java-annotations