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Herve Boutemy commented on MNG-5346: ------------------------------------ it's not exactly a bug, and as explained in MPLUGIN-238, it's documented in http://maven.apache.org/plugin-tools/maven-plugin-plugin/examples/using-annotations.html but you're right, http://maven.apache.org/plugin-tools/maven-plugin-annotations/ should link to that page: that's a good idea for MPLUGIN-238 any other good idea in MPLUGIN-238 is welcome now, reopening this issue in Maven Core, to avoid the problem is IMHO a good idea, since it would be better > update maven-plugin-plugin:descriptor default binding from generate-resources > phase to process-classes > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Key: MNG-5346 > URL: https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-5346 > Project: Maven 2 & 3 > Issue Type: Wish > Reporter: Herve Boutemy > Attachments: plugin-annotation-sample.zip > > > 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: > {code:xml} <configuration> > <skipErrorNoDescriptorsFound>true</skipErrorNoDescriptorsFound> > </configuration> > <executions> > <execution> > <id>mojo-descriptor</id> > <goals> > <goal>descriptor</goal> > </goals> > </execution>{code} > 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 -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.1.6#6162)