Maven Play2 Plugin

The plugin is now part of the OW2 Nanoko project. The new documentation is available on:

http://nanoko-project.github.com/maven-play2-plugin/maven/release/ for the latest release
http://nanoko-project.github.com/maven-play2-plugin/maven/snapshot/ for the development version

The new Github project is: https://github.com/nanoko-project/maven-play2-plugin

The play2-maven-plugin is used to build Play 2 applications using Maven. Basically, it just a wrapper around the play command. It supports compilation, testing and packaging of the application.

Features

Dependency Management: libraries and modules used by your application are declared in the Maven POM file.
Java and Scala : your application can use Java, Scala or both
Test: your tests runs during the maven test phase
Build applications: your application is packaged in an archive ready to be deployed
Build modules: you can also build Play 2 modules

Goals Overview

The Play2 Plugin acts on projects using the play2 packaging type during the following phases:

play2-maven-plugin:copy-dependencies copies the dependencies (from the compile scope) to the lib folder.
play2-maven-plugin:compile compiles your application.
play2-maven-plugin:test tests your application.
play2-maven-plugin:package packages your application as a Jar and a Zip.
play2-maven-plugin:clean cleans the project.

There are also goals not bound to the Maven project lifecycle:

play2-maven-plugin:run runs the application (ctrl-c to exit).

Usage

General instructions on how to use the play2-maven-plugin can be found on the usage page.