How to echo in Maven without Antrun plugin?

Question

How can I print to the console while executing a mvn command (in a phase/goal), but not using Maven Antrun plugin?

Why I reject Antrun solutions:

• The over

Answer 1

You can use Björn Ekryd's Echo Maven Plugin, which is published in Maven Central.

It has a normal amount of XML required for a Maven plugin, the output is formatted like the other Maven log lines, and you can assign a severity level to your message (default is INFO).

    com.github.ekryd.echo-maven-plugin
    echo-maven-plugin
    1.2.0
    
        
            package
            
                echo
            
            
                war has changed
                INFO
            
        
    

---

[INFO] --- maven-war-plugin:2.4:war (default-war) @ mymodule ---
[INFO] Packaging webapp
[INFO] Processing war project
[INFO]
[INFO] --- echo-maven-plugin:1.2.0:echo (default) @ mymodule ---
[INFO] war has changed
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Also, this plugin has 95% code coverage, which is pretty cool.