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# create a maven-plugin project
mvn archetype:generate \
    -DgroupId=org.dreamcat \
    -DartifactId=apidoc-generator-maven-plugin \
    -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-mojo \
    -DinteractiveMode=false

# use the plugin
mvn archetype:generate \
    -DgroupId=org.dreamcat \
    -DartifactId=plugin-maven-example \
    -DinteractiveMode=false

mvn org.dreamcat:apidoc-generator-maven-plugin:apidocGenerate

or add shorthand to ~/.m2/settings.xml

<pluginGroups>
  <pluginGroup>org.dreamcat</pluginGroup>
</pluginGroups>

mvn apidoc-generator:apidocGenerate