Maven Concepts - Lifecycle

External

• Introduction to the Build Lifecycle https://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-the-lifecycle.html
• Lifecycles Reference https://maven.apache.org/ref/3.3.9/maven-core/lifecycles.html#

Internal

• Maven Concepts

Overview

Lifecycle

A Maven lifecycle represents the clearly defined sequence of steps required for building and distributing a project artifact.

There are three built-in lifecycles: default, clean and site: the default lifecycle handles artifact building and deployment, the clean lifecycle cleans the work area, the site lifecycle handles the creation of the project's site documentation.

A lifecycle is defined by a sequence of build phases.

Plugin Goal

A plugin goal

Phases

A Maven phase represents a stage in a lifecycle.

package

If using the assembly plugin, this is usually the phase where the plugin's "single" goal is associated with.