with its <<<DefaultLifecycleExecutor>>> implementation({{{/xref/org/apache/maven/lifecycle/DefaultLifecycleExecutor.html}source}}), to plan or execute tasks.\
   on plugin goals execution order:

   * <<in a given phase, goals order is not expected to be guaranteed nor finely tuned>>:
     it is just a consequence of the order obtained during {{{../maven-model-builder/}effective model building}},

        <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-it-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>0.1</version>
        <executions>
          <execution>
            <goals>
              <goal>xpp3-reader</goal>
            </goals>
            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
          </execution>
        </executions>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>

        Map<String, List<String>> goals = new HashMap<>();
        lifecycle.allPhases().forEach(phase -> phase.plugins()
                .forEach(plugin -> plugin.getExecutions().forEach(exec -> exec.getGoals()
                        .forEach(goal -> goals.computeIfAbsent(phase.name(), n -> new ArrayList<>())

            <executions>
              <execution>
                <id>sign-artifacts</id>
                <phase>verify</phase>
                <goals>
                  <goal>sign</goal>
                </goals>
              </execution>
            </executions>
          </plugin>
        </plugins>
      </build>
    </profile>
  </profiles>

        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
        <executions>
          <execution>
            <goals>
              <goal>integration-test</goal>
              <goal>verify</goal>
            </goals>
          </execution>
        </executions>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>

    }

    private Plugin newPlugin(String artifactId, String... goals) {
        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.setGoals(Collections.singletonList(goal));

        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
        <executions>
          <execution>
            <id>unpack-jline-native</id>
            <goals>
              <goal>unpack-dependencies</goal>
            </goals>
            <configuration>
              <includeArtifactIds>jline-native</includeArtifactIds>
              <includes>org/jline/nativ/**</includes>
            </configuration>

    private Plugin newPlugin(String artifactId, String... goals) {
        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);

    /**
     * Set configuration to pass to all goals run in this phase.
     *
     * @param configuration a configuration object.
     */
    public void setConfiguration(Object configuration) {
        this.configuration = configuration;
    } // -- void setConfiguration( Object )

    /**
     * Set the goals to execute within the phase.
     *
     * @param executions a executions object.

        assertEquals("child-a", pom.getValue("build/plugins[1]/executions[1]/goals[1]"));
        assertEquals("merged", pom.getValue("build/plugins[1]/executions[1]/goals[2]"));
        assertEquals("child-b", pom.getValue("build/plugins[1]/executions[1]/goals[3]"));
        assertEquals("parent-b", pom.getValue("build/plugins[1]/executions[1]/goals[4]"));