Fancy developers might want code compilation to be part of the build. The Colfer Maven plugin is available from the central repository. It holds compilers for Linux, OSX, OpenBSD and Windows on the AMD64 architecture. No additional software is required. The plugin works well with popular IDEs and Maven's javadoc:jar and source:jar.

The target language. The default is Java.

The source files. Directories are scanned for files with the colf extension. The default is src/main/colfer.

Normalizes schemas on the fly. The default is false.

Adds a package prefix. Use slash as a separator when nesting.

Sets the default upper limit for serial byte sizes. The expression is applied to the target language under the name ColferSizeMax. The default is 16 * 1024 * 1024.

Sets the default upper limit for the number of elements in a list. The expression is applied to the target language under the name ColferListMax. The default is 64 * 1024.

Makes all generated classes extend a super class. Use slash as a package separator. Java only.

Use a specific destination base directory. The default is ${project.build.directory}/generated-sources/colfer.

<plugin>
	<groupId>net.quies.colfer</groupId>
	<artifactId>colfer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
	<version>1.10</version>
	<configuration>
		<sizeMax>2 * 1024</sizeMax>
		<listMax>99</listMax>
		<formatSchema>true</formatSchema>
	</configuration>
	<executions>
	<execution>
		<id>colf-java</id>
		<goals><goal>compile</goal></goals>
		<configuration>
			<packagePrefix>com/example</packagePrefix>
			<superClass>com/example/BeanParent</superClass>
		</configuration>
	</execution>
	<execution>
		<id>colf-ecma</id>
		<goals><goal>compile</goal></goals>
		<configuration>
			<lang>js</lang>
			<sourceTarget>${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}/script</sourceTarget>
		</configuration>
	</execution>
	</executions>
</plugin>