How to Process LessCss .less Files into .css Files in a Maven Build Process?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">Thanks to Marcel Overdijk's plugin, it is now possible to process </span><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">.less </span><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">LessCss files into</span><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">.css</span><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"> file during the maven build process.</span><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">Let's consider a maven web project, one can create a </span><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">/css</span><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"> and a </span><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">/less</span><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"> directory. The latter contains the source </span><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">.less</span><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"> files, and the former will contain the processed </span><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">.css</span><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"> files.</span><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">One should add the following plugin and dependency in </span><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">pom.xml</span><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">: </span><br /> <div style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px; margin-left: 15px;"> <div class="syntaxhighlighter nogutter java" id="highlighter_735863" style="background-color: white !important; font-size: 1em !important; margin: 1em 0px !important; overflow: auto !important; position: relative !important; width: 552px;"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: 552px;"><tbody style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"> <tr style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"><td class="code" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: 552px;"><div class="container" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: relative !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"> <div class="line number1 index0 alt2" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px 1em 0px 0em !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; white-space: pre !important; width: auto !important;"> <code class="java plain" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"><dependency></code></div> <div class="line number2 index1 alt1" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px 1em 0px 0em !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; white-space: pre !important; width: auto !important;"> <code class="java spaces" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;">  </code><code class="java plain" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"><groupId>org.lesscss</groupId></code></div> <div class="line number3 index2 alt2" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px 1em 0px 0em !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; white-space: pre !important; width: auto !important;"> <code class="java spaces" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;">  </code><code class="java plain" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"><artifactId></code></div> <div class="line number4 index3 alt1" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px 1em 0px 0em !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; white-space: pre !important; width: auto !important;"> <code class="java spaces" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;">    </code><code class="java plain" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;">lesscss-maven-plugin</code></div> <div class="line number5 index4 alt2" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px 1em 0px 0em !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; white-space: pre !important; width: auto !important;"> <code class="java spaces" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;">  </code><code class="java plain" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"></artifactId></code></div> <div class="line number6 index5 alt1" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px 1em 0px 0em !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; white-space: pre !important; width: auto !important;"> <code class="java spaces" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; 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width: auto !important;"><version></code><code class="java value" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;">1.3</code><code class="java plain" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;">.</code><code class="java value" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;">0</code><code class="java plain" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"></version></code></div> <div class="line number7 index6 alt2" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px 1em 0px 0em !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; white-space: pre !important; width: auto !important;"> <code class="java plain" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"></dependency></code></div> <div class="line number8 index7 alt1" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px 1em 0px 0em !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; white-space: pre !important; width: auto !important;">  </div> <div class="line number9 index8 alt2" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px 1em 0px 0em !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; white-space: pre !important; width: auto !important;"> <code class="java plain" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"><plugin></code></div> <div class="line number10 index9 alt1" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px 1em 0px 0em !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; white-space: pre !important; width: auto !important;"> <code class="java spaces" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;">  </code><code class="java plain" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"><groupId>org.lesscss</groupId></code></div> <div class="line number11 index10 alt2" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px 1em 0px 0em !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; white-space: pre !important; width: auto !important;"> <code class="java spaces" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;">  </code><code class="java plain" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"><artifactId>lesscss-maven-plugin</artifactId></code></div> <div class="line number12 index11 alt1" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px 1em 0px 0em !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; white-space: pre !important; width: auto !important;"> <code class="java spaces" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;">  </code><code class="java plain" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"><version></code><code class="java value" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;">1.3</code><code class="java plain" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;">.</code><code class="java value" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;">0</code><code class="java plain" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"></version></code></div> <div class="line number13 index12 alt2" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px 1em 0px 0em !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; white-space: pre !important; width: auto !important;"> <code class="java spaces" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;">  </code><code class="java plain" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"><configuration></code></div> <div class="line number14 index13 alt1" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px 1em 0px 0em !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; white-space: pre !important; width: auto !important;"> <code class="java spaces" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;">    </code><code class="java plain" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"><sourceDirectory></code></div> <div class="line number15 index14 alt2" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px 1em 0px 0em !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; white-space: pre !important; width: auto !important;"> <code class="java spaces" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;">      </code><code class="java plain" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;">${project.basedir}/src/main/webapp/less</code></div> <div class="line number16 index15 alt1" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px 1em 0px 0em !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; white-space: pre !important; width: auto !important;"> <code class="java spaces" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;">    </code><code class="java plain" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"></sourceDirectory></code></div> <div class="line number17 index16 alt2" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px 1em 0px 0em !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; white-space: pre !important; width: auto !important;"> <code class="java spaces" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;">    </code><code class="java plain" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"><outputDirectory></code></div> <div class="line number18 index17 alt1" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px 1em 0px 0em !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; white-space: pre !important; width: auto !important;"> <code class="java spaces" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;">      </code><code class="java plain" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;">${project.basedir}/src/main/webapp/css</code></div> <div class="line number19 index18 alt2" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px 1em 0px 0em !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; white-space: pre !important; width: auto !important;"> <code class="java spaces" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;">    </code><code class="java plain" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"></outputDirectory></code></div> <div class="line number20 index19 alt1" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px 1em 0px 0em !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; white-space: pre !important; width: auto !important;"> <code class="java spaces" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;">    </code><code class="java plain" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"><compress></code><code class="java keyword" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; color: rgb(0, 102, 153) !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; font-weight: bold !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;">false</code><code class="java plain" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"></compress></code></div> <div class="line number21 index20 alt2" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px 1em 0px 0em !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; white-space: pre !important; width: auto !important;"> <code class="java spaces" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;">    </code><code class="java plain" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"><includes></code></div> <div class="line number22 index21 alt1" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px 1em 0px 0em !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; white-space: pre !important; width: auto !important;"> <code class="java spaces" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;">      </code><code class="java plain" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"><include>example.less</include></code></div> <div class="line number23 index22 alt2" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px 1em 0px 0em !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; white-space: pre !important; width: auto !important;"> <code class="java spaces" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;">    </code><code class="java plain" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"></includes></code></div> <div class="line number24 index23 alt1" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px 1em 0px 0em !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; white-space: pre !important; width: auto !important;"> <code class="java spaces" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;">    </code><code class="java plain" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"></configuration></code></div> <div class="line number25 index24 alt2" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px 1em 0px 0em !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; white-space: pre !important; width: auto !important;"> <code class="java spaces" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;">  </code><code class="java plain" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"><executions></code></div> <div class="line number26 index25 alt1" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px 1em 0px 0em !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; white-space: pre !important; width: auto !important;"> <code class="java spaces" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;">    </code><code class="java plain" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"><execution></code></div> <div class="line number27 index26 alt2" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px 1em 0px 0em !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; white-space: pre !important; width: auto !important;"> <code class="java spaces" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;">      </code><code class="java plain" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"><goals></code></div> <div class="line number28 index27 alt1" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px 1em 0px 0em !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; white-space: pre !important; width: auto !important;"> <code class="java spaces" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;">        </code><code class="java plain" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"><goal>compile</goal></code></div> <div class="line number29 index28 alt2" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px 1em 0px 0em !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; white-space: pre !important; width: auto !important;"> <code class="java spaces" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;">      </code><code class="java plain" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"></goals></code></div> <div class="line number30 index29 alt1" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px 1em 0px 0em !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; white-space: pre !important; width: auto !important;"> <code class="java spaces" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;">    </code><code class="java plain" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"></execution></code></div> <div class="line number31 index30 alt2" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px 1em 0px 0em !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; white-space: pre !important; width: auto !important;"> <code class="java spaces" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;">  </code><code class="java plain" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"></executions></code></div> <div class="line number32 index31 alt1" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px 1em 0px 0em !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; white-space: pre !important; width: auto !important;"> <code class="java plain" style="background: none !important; border-radius: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; bottom: auto !important; box-sizing: content-box !important; float: none !important; font-family: Consolas, 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace !important; font-size: 1em !important; height: auto !important; left: auto !important; line-height: 1.1em !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: auto !important; outline: 0px !important; overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: static !important; right: auto !important; top: auto !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"></plugin></code></div> </div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> <br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">This configuration will convert the </span><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">example.less</span><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"> file into a </span><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">example.css</span><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"> file during the maven build process. Any existing .css file is overwritten at each build process.</span><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">A Maven project sample is available from </span><a href="https://github.com/JVerstry/Maven-Examples" style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #720101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Git</a><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">.</span><br /> <img alt="Sample Maven LessCss Project" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHLED0cx8mvCxqu1wNn6Q_eXMUTZVatwgnY6es8zwjZrJEg04NavD6bn5B9Tmt39PvFdbxwjG79rTVPM27O7C2fF6bxJaL-TfTJVrNU0hsAw2LHzznlVzh98bpciKz7phZldoqXitaXBoV/s320/LessCssMaven.png" /></div>

How to Process LessCss .less Files into .css Files in a Maven Build Process?

Thanks to Marcel Overdijk's plugin, it is now possible to process  .less  LessCss files into .css  file during the maven build process....

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Introduction To Maven Concepts (Crash Course)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <i style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">This is the post I wish someone had written </i><i style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">to connect dots </i><i style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">in 2007, when Maven documentation was scarce. This Maven tutorial is a starting point for those who have no experience with Maven, or who are willing to improve their global understanding of Maven concepts. It explains what Maven is, what you can do with it, but not how to do it. I will also give pointers to additional documentation.</i><br /> <h3 style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; margin: 20px 0px 5px; position: relative;"> What is Maven?</h3> <a href="http://maven.apache.org/" style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #720101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Maven</a><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"> is a software project implementation tool, but not a project management tool. In a factory, it would be the complete assembly line, taking in raw materials and producing finished products ready for use. It is mostly used by Java programmers, but it can be configured for other programming languages too.</span><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">If ever you have to work on a large Java project, you will most probably have to learn either about Maven or </span><a href="http://ant.apache.org/" style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #720101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Ant</a><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"> (another project implementation tool). Otherwise, your project will quickly become unmanageable as it grows in size. Ant requires you to configure all your requirements from top to bottom. You have to build the whole assembly line for a given project. On the other side, Maven comes with default behaviors. If there is something you don't like in the assembly line, you can reconfigure it or extends parts to meet your specific needs.</span><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">There has been some religious wars between Ant users and Maven in the past. But today, they coexists in peace. In fact, it is pretty common for a Maven project to call Ant as a module to perform tasks it cannot perform itself.</span><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">Both Maven and Ant are functionally interchangeable. If an existing project works fine with Ant, you should not convert it to Maven. However, if you start a project from scratch, you may want to consider Maven, because of the very large support community and an incredible number of mature modules available for free under an open source license.</span><br /> <h3 style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; margin: 20px 0px 5px; position: relative;"> What Is The Form Factor?</h3> <span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">Maven is a package you download and install on your PC. You just need to unzip it in a directory and make sure it is accessible from the command line (i.e., it has to be 'in the path'). Maven is a command line product with no graphic user interface (GUI). However, it is well integrated in free software development applications such as NetBeans or Eclipse. Most often, you will never need to run Maven from the command line. If you plan to use Ant with Maven, you will need to install it on your PC too.</span><br /> <h3 style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; margin: 20px 0px 5px; position: relative;"> How Does It Work?</h3> <span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">When you start using Maven, it will first create a </span><b style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"><i>local repository</i></b><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"> on your PC. As you compile your software projects, all the results are posted in this local repository. The produced items are called </span><b style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"><i>artifacts</i></b><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">. You can configure Maven to post those artifacts in other remote repositories or locations too, if necessary.</span><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">In addition to this local repository, there is what is called the </span><b style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"><i><a href="http://search.maven.org/" style="color: #720101; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">central repository</a></i></b><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">. It is a huge online repository containing tons of free artifacts contributed under an open source license over many years by thousands of developers. When Maven needs one of these artifacts to build a project and can't find it the local repository, it tries to fetch it from the central repository, if the local PC is connected to the Internet. Maven can be configured to search those artifacts in other public or private repositories too.</span><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">As a consequence, the first time Maven builds a project, it will download many artifacts from the central repository. It is a one time operation. You are not allowed to post something directly to the central repository. If you want to contribute your own artifacts, you need to read </span><a href="http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-central-repository-upload.html" style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #720101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">this</a><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">.</span><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">There are three main types of repositories, the central repository, your local repository and public or private proprietary repositories.</span><br /> <h3 style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; margin: 20px 0px 5px; position: relative;"> What Is A Maven Project?</h3> <span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">Contrary to many other software implementation tools, Maven projects operate according to a standard directory structure where different items (code files, test files, etc...) are expected to be found in well-known directories. It is part of the delivered assembly line.</span><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">It is not a good idea to try to reconfigure this directory structure to fit your karma. If another software engineer gets to work on your project, he will be confused. On the other side, if you get to work on another Maven project, you will be happy to find what you are looking for where it is supposed to be. Learn about Maven </span><a href="http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-the-standard-directory-layout.html" style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #720101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">directory structures</a><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">. Don't be a baby, open your mouth and do take the pill (lol)!</span><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">Another key project item is the </span><b style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"><i>Project Object Model</i></b><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"> XML file often called '</span><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">pom</span><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">' or '</span><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">pom.xml</span><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">'. Each project has its own directory structure with a </span><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">pom.xml</span><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"> located at its root. Here is one the simplest possible </span><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">pom.xml</span><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">:</span><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><br /> <div style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"<br />  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"><br />  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion></span></div> <span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"></span><br /> <div style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">  <groupId>com.mycompany</groupId><br />  <artifactId>SimpleMavenProject</artifactId><br />  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version><br />  <packaging>pom</packaging></span></div> <div style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"> <span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"></project></span></span></div> <br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">It contains the 4 items making the </span><b style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"><a href="http://maven.apache.org/pom.html#Maven_Coordinates" style="color: #720101; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><i>coordinates</i></a></b><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"> of the project. Basically, it is the location of the project in repositories; a concatenation of the </span><b style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"><i>group id</i></b><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">, the</span><i style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"> <b>artifact id</b></i><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">, and the </span><b style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"><i>project version</i></b><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"> (for a definition of SNAPSHOT, see (*) below) together with directory separators. The packaging explains how and which default artifacts will be bundled into the repository. You can organize and identify your projects as you wish using the coordinates you want. The packaging depends of the type of project your want to create.</span><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">The POM is where you will configure the different parts of the assembly line to meet your needs if default configuration is not enough.</span><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">Typically, under the hood, all Maven projects are created using an </span><b style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"><i>archetype</i></b><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">. It is a kind of template used to create the default content of POMs and the default directory structure of Maven projects. You can create your own archetypes if you need to, but existing ones will cover most of your needs.</span><br /> <h3 style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; margin: 20px 0px 5px; position: relative;"> How Does The Compile Process Work?</h3> <span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">The compile process is called the </span><b style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"><i>build process</i></b><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"> in Maven. It can be configured to perform much more than a simple compilation. Therefore, you should avoid mentioning a 'compile process' when talking about Maven, because it is only one of the phases of one of Maven's build processes (one step in the assembly line).</span><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">When a build process is executed, it goes through a </span><b style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"><a href="http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-the-lifecycle.html#Lifecycle_Reference" style="color: #720101; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><i>life cycle</i></a></b><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"> using the information contained in the POM. Each life cycle is made of </span><b style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"><i>phases</i></b><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">. </span><b style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"><i><a href="http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-the-lifecycle.html#Plugins" style="color: #720101; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Plugins</a></i></b><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"> are attached to phases. A phase can contain multiple plugins. A plugin is basically a set of operations of a given type which may be executed during a build cycle. Each possible plugin operation is called a</span><b style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"><i>goal</i></b><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">. When a plugin is attached to a phase, a goal is specified (or else the default goal is executed).</span><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">The life cycle goes through each phase, sequentially, and executes each default (or configured in the POM) plugin goal, sequentially, until the end or until one of the plugin goal fails to execute. A </span><b style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"><i>Maven goal</i></b><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"> (as opposed to a plugin goal) is a step in the life cycle of a build process. By default, a build process will go the whole way through, unless a specific Maven goal is specified. In this case, Maven stops at this life cycle step, even if it is executed successfully.</span><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">By default, some plugins are attached to phases. Each plugin has a default goal which will be invoked unless it is configured differently in the POM. This is the default assembly line. You can also attach additional plugins to the phases of your build cycles. These will be downloaded from the central repository if necessary. You can also write your own plugins if you need to and use them in your build cycles.</span><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">Think about all this in terms of Lego's attached to a structural frame.</span><br /> <h3 style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; margin: 20px 0px 5px; position: relative;"> What About Maven Dependencies?</h3> <span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">Large projects often use existing pieces of code (libraries) by making an explicit reference to them. In Maven projects, such </span><i style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"><b>dependencies</b> </i><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">to existing artifacts are specified in the POM, using their coordinates. Sometimes, these dependencies are just required for the build process (for the testing phase for example). Sometimes, they need to be shipped as part of the delivered artifacts. The type of use of the dependency is called a </span><b style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"><i>scope</i></b><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">. It is specified in the POM </span><br /> <h3 style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; margin: 20px 0px 5px; position: relative;"> What About Profiles?</h3> <span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">In order to cover complex situations (for example) when you need to create different types of artifacts for different target platforms, it would be tedious to maintain multiple POMs for the same project. The solution is called </span><b style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"><a href="http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-profiles.html" style="color: #720101; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><i>build profiles</i></a></b><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"> in Maven.</span><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">This is a mean to set additional configuration if the build process is to be executed for a specific platform (building for Windows or for Linux for example). In this case, corresponding plugins are only executed if they have been defined in the corresponding platform profile in the POM. A POM can be executed by specifying (or not) a build profile. This determines the set of plugins which will be executed on top of the default configuration.</span><br /> <h3 style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; margin: 20px 0px 5px; position: relative;"> Conclusion</h3> <span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">There are many other features available in Maven. We have only mentioned the basics. If you want to learn more about Maven, including how to use it, the best resource available on the net is the </span><a href="http://www.sonatype.com/index.php/Support/Books/Maven-The-Complete-Reference" style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #720101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Maven Complete Reference</a><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"> online guide.</span><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">After reading this guide, you should explore existing Maven modules. Learn what they can do for you. If you need help, type your question in Google followed by the word 'StackOverflow'. It most probably has already been answered. If not, go to</span><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/" style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #720101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">StackOverflow.com</a><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"> and ask your question there.</span><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">-----</span><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">(*) SNAPSHOT versions can be confusing at the beginning. Let's assume you are working on a project and have released version 1.0.0. You are now working on version 1.1.0, but it has not been released and won't be released until you are done. Version 1.1.0 is </span><i style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">work in progress</i><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">. Yet, with Maven's build process, you are creating temporary work in progress artifacts. In order to differentiate these from production ready artifacts, you can add -SNAPSHOT to the work in progress version of your project (i.e.,  </span><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"><version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version></span><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">).</span><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">When you create Maven projects with dependencies to other artifacts/libraries, by default, maven ignores SNAPSHOT versions of those dependencies. Yet, if you want to access a specific SNAPSHOT version of a dependency, you can explicitly specify it in your</span><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">pom.xml</span><span style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">. This is often necessary during the development phase of a project. </span><br style="background-color: #fffffd; color: #070101; font-family: Molengo; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" /> </div>

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