watcher-maven-plugin
Watches files for modifications. On such event executes specified maven goals.
Use case: regenerating exploaded WAR or Eclipse project when dependencies change
Usage:
1. Add the plugin repository to your pom:
<project>
<pluginRepositories>
<pluginRepository>
<id>rzymek-snapshots</id>
<url>https://github.com/rzymek/repository/raw/master/snapshots</url>
</pluginRepository>
</pluginRepositories>
...
2. Configure the plugin
<project>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>watcher</groupId>
<artifactId>watcher-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<configuration>
<watch>
<param>
<on>pom.xml</on>
<run>clean war:inplace eclipse:eclipse</run>
</param>
</watch>
</configuration>
</plugin>
....
3. Start watching for changes:
mvn watcher:run