Plugin Documentation

Goals available for this plugin:

Goal Report? Description
apache-rat:check No Run Rat to perform a violation check.
apache-rat:help No Display help information on apache-rat-plugin.
Call mvn apache-rat:help -Ddetail=true -Dgoal=<goal-name> to display parameter details.
apache-rat:rat Yes Generates a report with Rat's output.

System Requirements

The following specifies the minimum requirements to run this Maven plugin:

Maven 2.2.1
JDK Default target for maven-compiler-plugin version 3.2
Memory No minimum requirement.
Disk Space No minimum requirement.

Usage

You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration:

<project>
  ...
  <build>
    <!-- To define the plugin version in your parent POM -->
    <pluginManagement>
      <plugins>
        <plugin>
          <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
          <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
          <version>0.13-SNAPSHOT</version>
        </plugin>
        ...
      </plugins>
    </pluginManagement>
    <!-- To use the plugin goals in your POM or parent POM -->
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
        <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>0.13-SNAPSHOT</version>
      </plugin>
      ...
    </plugins>
  </build>
  ...
  <!-- To use the report goals in your POM or parent POM -->
  <reporting>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
        <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>0.13-SNAPSHOT</version>
      </plugin>
      ...
    </plugins>
  </reporting>
  ...
</project>

For more information, see "Guide to Configuring Plug-ins"