<goals>
                  <goal>single</goal>
                </goals>
                <phase>package</phase>
                <configuration>
                  <finalName>./</finalName>
                  <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
                  <attach>false</attach>
                  <outputDirectory>${distributionTargetDir}</outputDirectory>
                  <descriptors>

            plugin configurations, as in the case where you want to use the artifact's final name as a parameter. In
            this case, you want the user to modify {@code <build><finalName/></build>} rather
            than specifying a value for finalName directly in the plugin configuration section. It is also useful to
            ensure that - for example - a List-typed parameter which expects items of type Artifact doesn't get a List