Maven plugin for managing Taverna plugins

Plugin features

• Generates the Taverna plugin xml file
• Calculates the required repositories from the plugin dependencies
• Deploys plugin to a plugin site
• Creates the plugin site if it doesn't already exist
• Snapshot versions deploy to a local plugin site for testing

Setting up a Taverna Plugin project

Create a Maven project for the Taverna plugin (the project will just contain a pom file).

An example pom file for an activity plugin is shown below.

Using the Maven Plugin

To generate the Taverna Plugin xml file

To deploy the Taverna Plugin to the plugin site