Maven Site Lifecycle
📌 Definition
The Maven Site Lifecycle is a sequence of phases in Apache Maven used to generate and publish project documentation and reports as a website.
🔹 Purpose
- Generate project reports and documentation
- Create a web-based project site
- Share project details with stakeholders
🔹 Phases of Maven Site Lifecycle
1. pre-site
- Prepares the project before site generation
- Performs initial setup tasks
2. site
- Generates the project website (HTML files)
- Includes reports, documentation, and project info
3. post-site
- Performs final processing after site generation
- May include validation or formatting
4. site-deploy
- Uploads the generated site to a remote server
- Makes the site accessible online
🔹 Lifecycle Flow
pre-site → site → post-site → site-deploy
🔹 Commands Used
mvn site
➡ Generates the project site
mvn site-deploy
➡ Deploys the site to a server
🔹 Features
- Automatically generates documentation
- Integrates with reporting tools
- Produces user-friendly HTML output
- Supports customization
🔹 Importance
- Centralizes project documentation
- Improves team communication
- Helps in project analysis and reporting
- Useful for presentations and audits