We need this form so that the model builder can make the first pass at merging. Full merging cannot be done because we don't know what the version of the plugin is yet that the user has requested. For plugins in the default lifecycle they are typically defined in the plugin management section of the parent POM. When the merging is complete we are going to have something that looks like the following:

<plugins>
  <plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>

import com.google.common.collect.testing.features.CollectionSize;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import org.junit.Ignore;

/**
 * A generic JUnit test which tests creation (typically through a constructor or static factory
 * method) of a collection. Can't be invoked directly; please see {@link
 * com.google.common.collect.testing.CollectionTestSuiteBuilder}.
 *
 * @author Chris Povirk
 */

import com.google.common.collect.testing.features.CollectionSize;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import org.junit.Ignore;

/**
 * A generic JUnit test which tests creation (typically through a constructor or static factory
 * method) of a collection. Can't be invoked directly; please see {@link
 * com.google.common.collect.testing.CollectionTestSuiteBuilder}.
 *
 * @author Chris Povirk
 */

 * specific language governing permissions and limitations
 * under the License.
 */
package org.apache.maven.eventspy;

import java.util.Map;

/**
 * A core extension to monitor Maven's execution. Typically, such an extension gets loaded into Maven by specifying the
 * property {@code maven.ext.class.path} on the command line. As soon as dependency injection is set up, Maven

import com.google.common.collect.testing.features.MapFeature;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map.Entry;
import org.junit.Ignore;

/**
 * A generic JUnit test which tests creation (typically through a constructor or static factory
 * method) of a map. Can't be invoked directly; please see {@link
 * com.google.common.collect.testing.MapTestSuiteBuilder}.
 *
 * @author Chris Povirk
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion

import com.google.common.collect.testing.features.MapFeature;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map.Entry;
import org.junit.Ignore;

/**
 * A generic JUnit test which tests creation (typically through a constructor or static factory
 * method) of a map. Can't be invoked directly; please see {@link
 * com.google.common.collect.testing.MapTestSuiteBuilder}.
 *
 * @author Chris Povirk
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion

 *       instance each time they are called. The caller is responsible for ensuring that the
 *       returned stream is closed.
 *   <li><b>Convenience methods:</b> These are implementations of common operations that are
 *       typically implemented by opening a stream using one of the methods in the first category,
 *       doing something and finally closing the stream or channel that was opened.
 * </ul>
 *
 * @since 14.0
 * @author Colin Decker
 */

   * reported {@link Spliterator#SUBSIZED}. This is generally the case if the underlying stream
   * comes from a data structure supporting efficient indexed random access, typically an array or
   * list.
   *
   * <p>The order of the resulting stream is defined if and only if the order of the original stream
   * was defined.
   */

   * reported {@link Spliterator#SUBSIZED}. This is generally the case if the underlying stream
   * comes from a data structure supporting efficient indexed random access, typically an array or
   * list.
   *
   * <p>The order of the resulting stream is defined if and only if the order of the original stream
   * was defined.
   */

 *       instance each time they are called. The caller is responsible for ensuring that the
 *       returned writer is closed.
 *   <li><b>Convenience methods:</b> These are implementations of common operations that are
 *       typically implemented by opening a writer using one of the methods in the first category,
 *       doing something and finally closing the writer that was opened.
 * </ul>
 *