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create is of type PlexusConfiguration and is the type we use with the ComponentConfigurator to initialize fields in a Plexus component. Typically this is done within Plexus with the configuration supplied with component configuration, but in Maven we take configuration values from the POM. So we have to use the ComponentConfigurator outside of Plexus in order to configure the Maven Mojo which is just a Plexus component. We can use the information from the MojoDescriptor along with the merged configuration...

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Maven plugin execution isolation

 Maven2 takes advantage of Plexus' ability to execute a component using a
 ClassWorlds ClassRealm that is populated with the JAR containing the
 component in question and all of its dependencies. Using ClassWorlds