- those that are used locally by the user like <developerConnection/>

* User configuration

 User configuration which is utilized site wide are controlled with the ${user.home}/.m2/maven.properties.

 User configuration which is utilized at the project level are controlled with the
 ${project.home}/maven.properties file.

Plugin configuration

 The configuration of plugins is of the same form as the maven {{{plugin-descriptors}plugin descriptors}}

     * Fully equivalent to {@code setConfiguration(configuration, null)}.
     *
     * @param configuration The configuration to unmarshal, may be {@code null}.
     * @return This request for chaining, never {@code null}.
     */
    BeanConfigurationRequest setConfiguration(Object configuration);

    /**
     * Sets the configuration to unmarshal into the bean. The configuration should be taken from

ble); public void ComponentConfigurati(org.codehaus.plexus.configuration.PlexusConfiguration, String); public void ComponentConfigurati(org.codehaus.plexus.configuration.PlexusConfiguration, String, Throwable); public void ComponentConfigurati(org.codehaus.plexus.configuration.PlexusConfiguration, Throwable); public void setFailedConfigurati(org.codehaus.plexus.configuration.PlexusConfiguration); public org.codehaus.plexus.configuration.PlexusConfiguration getFailedConfigurati(); } org/codehaus/...

writeConfiguration(java.io.PrintStream, org.codehaus.plexus.configuration.PlexusConfiguration) throws org.codehaus.plexus.configuration.PlexusConfigurationE; private static void writeConfiguration(java.io.PrintStream, org.codehaus.plexus.configuration.PlexusConfiguration, String) throws org.codehaus.plexus.configuration.PlexusConfigurationE; } org/codehaus/plexus/configuration/PlexusComponentDescr.class package org.codehaus.plexus.configuration; public synchronized class PlexusComponentDescr { public...

writeConfiguration(java.io.PrintStream, org.codehaus.plexus.configuration.PlexusConfiguration) throws org.codehaus.plexus.configuration.PlexusConfigurationE; private static void writeConfiguration(java.io.PrintStream, org.codehaus.plexus.configuration.PlexusConfiguration, String) throws org.codehaus.plexus.configuration.PlexusConfigurationE; } org/codehaus/plexus/configuration/PlexusComponentDescr.class package org.codehaus.plexus.configuration; public synchronized class PlexusComponentDescr { public...

        <artifactId>plugin-all-profiles</artifactId>
        <executions>
          <execution>
            <id>Outside ||${project.basedir}||</id>
            <configuration>
              <plugin-all-profiles-out>Outside ||${project.basedir}||</plugin-all-profiles-out>
            </configuration>
          </execution>
        </executions>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>

  <profiles>
    <profile>

    }

    /**
     * The key that can must used to identify the configuration using the
     * {@link javax.inject.Named} annotation.
     */
    public String getKey() {
        return key;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the configuration for this extension.
     */
    public XmlNode getConfiguration() {
        return configuration;
    }

        <plugin>
          <!-- inherit via <pluginManagement> -->
          <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.plugins</groupId>
          <artifactId>maven-it-plugin-configuration</artifactId>
          <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
          <inherited>true</inherited>
          <configuration>
            <listParam>
              <!-- NOTE: These values are deliberately not in alpha order! -->
              <listParam>PARENT-1</listParam>

          <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.plugins</groupId>
          <artifactId>maven-it-plugin-configuration</artifactId>
          <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
        </plugin>
      </plugins>
    </pluginManagement>
  </build>

  <profiles>
    <profile>
      <!-- NOTE: This test injects the plugin configuration via a profile -->
      <id>maven-core-it</id>
      <activation>

        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
        <configuration>
          <forkMode>once</forkMode>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
      <plugin>
        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
        <configuration>
          <excludes>
            <exclude>org/codehaus/plexus/classworlds/event/*</exclude>
          </excludes>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>