Plugin plugin = Plugin.newInstance(false);
                        plugin = mergePlugin(plugin, element, sourceDominant, context);

                        Object key = getPluginKey().apply(plugin);

                        master.put(key, plugin);
                    }
                }

                Map<Object, List<Plugin>> predecessors = new LinkedHashMap<>();

        Metadata result = new Metadata();
        Plugin plugin = new Plugin();
        plugin.setPrefix(pluginInfo.goalPrefix);
        plugin.setArtifactId(pluginInfo.artifactId);
        plugin.setName(pluginInfo.name);
        result.getPlugins().add(plugin);
        return result;
    }

    @Override
    protected void merge(Metadata recessive) {
        List<Plugin> recessivePlugins = recessive.getPlugins();

    // USED BY REMOTE RESOURCES PLUGIN, DEPENDENCY PLUGIN, SHADE PLUGIN
    @Deprecated
    void resolve(Artifact artifact, List<ArtifactRepository> remoteRepositories, ArtifactRepository localRepository)
            throws ArtifactResolutionException, ArtifactNotFoundException;

    // USED BY REMOTE RESOURCES PLUGIN
    @Deprecated
    void resolve(
            Artifact artifact,

 []

 A plugin is described in a {{{./plugin.html}<<<META-INF/maven/plugin.xml>>> plugin descriptor}},
 generally generated from plugin sources using {{{/plugin-tools/maven-plugin-plugin/}maven-plugin-plugin}}.

* See Also

 * {{{/developers/mojo-api-specification.html}Mojo API Specification}}

                boolean sourceDominant,
                Map<Object, Object> context) {
            List<Plugin> src = source.getPlugins();
            if (!src.isEmpty()) {
                List<Plugin> tgt = target.getPlugins();
                Map<Object, Plugin> master = new LinkedHashMap<>(tgt.size() * 2);

                for (Plugin element : tgt) {
                    Object key = getPluginKey().apply(element);

  <build>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.mvnsearch</groupId>
        <artifactId>toolchains-maven-plugin</artifactId>
      </plugin>
      <plugin>
        <artifactId>maven-toolchains-plugin</artifactId>
      </plugin>
      <plugin>
        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
      </plugin>
      <plugin>
        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
        <executions>

        assertViolations(result, 0, 4, 0);

        assertTrue(result.getErrors().get(0).contains("duplicate declaration of plugin test:duplicate"));
        assertTrue(result.getErrors().get(1).contains("duplicate declaration of plugin test:managed-duplicate"));
        assertTrue(result.getErrors().get(2).contains("duplicate declaration of plugin profile:duplicate"));

     * Sets the configuration to the configuration taken from the specified build plugin in the POM. First, the build
     * plugins will be searched for the specified plugin, if that fails, the plugin management section will be searched.
     *
     * @param model The POM to extract the plugin configuration from, may be {@code null}.
     * @param pluginGroupId The group id of the plugin whose configuration should be used, must not be {@code null} or

        Plugin plugin = new Plugin();

        plugin.setGroupId("org.apache.maven.plugins");
        plugin.setArtifactId(artifactId);

        for (String goal : goals) {
            PluginExecution pluginExecution = new PluginExecution();
            pluginExecution.setId("default-" + goal);
            pluginExecution.addGoal(goal);
            plugin.addExecution(pluginExecution);

      </plugin>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
        <artifactId>animal-sniffer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
      </plugin>
      <plugin>
        <extensions>true</extensions>
        <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>5.1.8</version>
        <executions>
          <execution>
            <id>bundle-manifest</id>