Plugins, extensions and tools

The plugins and extensions that do the work of a build, how to configure them, and the tools around Maven.

• Available plugins
• Available extensions
• Configure plugins
• Plugin prefixes
• Default executions
• Use extensions
• Plugin validation warnings
• Maven tools
• Maven Daemon (mvnd)
• Maven Wrapper
• Maven Shell
• Maven Upgrade Tool (mvnup)
• POM Validation Tool (mvnval)