How to Configure the Oracle SOA Suite Maven Plug-In

Before you can use the Oracle SOA Suite Maven plug-in you must populate the Maven repository with Oracle artifacts. For more information about populating the repository, see Populating the Maven Repository Manager in Developing Applications Using Continuous Integration for more information. The steps below link to specific sections of this guide.

To configure the Oracle SOA Suite development Maven plug-in:

Navigate to ORACLE_HOME/oracle_common/plugins/maven/com/oracle/maven/oracle-maven-sync/12.2.1.
Run the following command to install the Maven sync plug-in:
```
mvn install:install-file -DpomFile=oracle-maven-sync-12.2.1.pom -Dfile=oracle-maven-sync-12.2.1.jar
```
For more options, see "Installing Oracle Maven Synchronization Plug-In."
Run the following command to seed the Oracle SOA Suite development Maven plug-in into the Maven repository:
```
mvn com.oracle.maven:oracle-maven-sync:push -DoracleHome=ORACLE_HOME
```
Where ORACLE_HOME is the full path to your Oracle Fusion Middleware installation. For more options, see "Running the Oracle Maven Synchronization Plug-In."

Validate whether you have successfully installed the plug-in using the Maven help:describe goal.

mvn help:describe -DgroupId=com.oracle.soa.plugin
-DartifactId=oracle-soa-plugin -Dversion=???

The following is an excerpt of the information that confirms installation of the Oracle SOA Suite plug-in:

Name: Oracle SOA Maven Plugin
Description: This plugin allows users to compile, package, deploy, test and  undeploy SOA composites.
Group Id: com.oracle.soa.plugin
Artifact Id: oracle-soa-plugin
Version: ???
Goal Prefix: oracle-soa
This plugin has 6 goals:
oracle-soa:compile