I love Maven for its flexibility, but this flexibility at times makes it hard to figure out how to achieve certain tasks. In my case I wanted to execute a certain Java class that is included in the project at some point during the build lifecycle. While I can see many uses in my case the class itself compiles a SQL dump out of several source files so it can be included in the final artifact. Integrating with Maven's build lifecycle Long story short, here is what you need to add to your pom.xml: More

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