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 Plexus Overview
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 Brett Porter
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 2015-09-13
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Overview

  Codehaus Plexus -- or more precisely <<Codehaus Plexus Tools and Components>> now -- is a collection of tools and components used by {{{http://maven.apache.org/} Apache Maven}}:

  [[1]] <<tools>>:

    * {{{./modello/} Modello}}: tool for code generation from a simple model,

    * {{{./plexus-classworlds/}Plexus Classworlds}}: tool for advanced Java ClassLoader management.

  [[2]] <<Plexus components>> (ie. implemented as {{{https://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=330}JSR-330}} compliant components with <Plexus Container (deprecated)>/{{{https://www.eclipse.org/sisu/}Sisu}}):

    * {{{./plexus-archiver/}plexus-archiver}}: components to manipulate archives,

    * {{{./plexus-compiler/}plexus-compiler}}: components to manipulate compilers,

    * {{{./plexus-digest/}plexus-digest}}:

    * {{{./plexus-i18n/}plexus-i18n}}:

    * {{{./plexus-interactivity/}plexus-interactivity}}:

    * {{{./plexus-interpolation/}plexus-interpolation}}: flexible interpolation framework,

    * {{{./plexus-io/}plexus-io}}: components designed for use in I/O operations,

    * {{{./plexus-languages/}plexus-languages}}: shared language-oriented features (Java, ...),

    * {{{./plexus-resources/}plexus-resources}}: a component to transparently retrieve resources from the filesystem, classpath or internet,

    * {{{./plexus-velocity/}plexus-velocity}}: component to render velocity templates.

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  [[3]] <<Parent POM>>:

    * Plexus Parent POM: {{{./plexus-pom/}plexus}},

  [[4]] <<utilities>>:

    * {{{./plexus-utils/} Plexus Utils}},

    * {{{./plexus-xml/} Plexus XML}}.

  [[5]] <(deprecated) {{{./plexus-containers/}Plexus Container}} (IoC container and companion tools)>, replaced by {{{https://www.eclipse.org/sisu/}Eclipse Sisu}} and {{{https://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=330}JSR-330}}

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IMPORTANT NOTICE:
Plexus Container and Companion Tools History

  Plexus was initially composed of 2 parts: Plexus Container (IoC and companion tools) and Plexus Components (like Spring IoC and Spring Components).

  The project was previously focused on {{{./plexus-containers/}Plexus Container (IoC and companion tools)}}, not so much on Plexus Components:
  <<Plexus Container (IoC and companion tools)>> is now replaced with {{{https://www.eclipse.org/sisu/}Eclipse Sisu}}, written as a {{{https://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=330}JSR-330}}-compliant extension on Google Guice.
  We kept the whole IoC + components content in this site for IoC historical reference, even if the <{{{./plexus-containers/}IoC and companion tools}}> part is now obsolete.

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  See the {{{./ref/feature-comparison.html} Feature Comparison}} page for more information on
  the differences between Plexus and other IoC ecosystems.

  The Plexus project provides a number of pre-built components for common tasks and toolkits
  such as Velocity, i18n, and {{{./ref/available-components.html} many more}}.

  For answers to common questions about Plexus, see the {{{./faq.html} FAQ}}.