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]"));

              <resourcePaths>maven-core-it.properties</resourcePaths>
              <pluginClassLoaderOutput>target/pcl.properties</pluginClassLoaderOutput>
            </configuration>
            <goals>
              <goal>load</goal>
            </goals>
          </execution>
        </executions>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>

    /**
     * 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.

        <artifactId>modello-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        <executions>
          <execution>
            <id>modello-plugin</id>
            <goals>
              <goal>velocity</goal>
              <goal>xdoc</goal>
              <goal>xsd</goal>
            </goals>
            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
            <configuration>
              <velocityBasedir>${project.basedir}/../../src/mdo</velocityBasedir>

              <goals>
                <goal>xdoc</goal>
                <goal>xsd</goal>
              </goals>
            </execution>
            <execution>
              <id>standard</id>
              <goals>
                <goal>java</goal>
                <goal>xpp3-reader</goal>
                <goal>xpp3-writer</goal>
              </goals>
            </execution>

          </params>
        </configuration>
        <executions>
          <execution>
            <id>velocity</id>
            <goals>
              <goal>velocity</goal>
            </goals>
            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
            <configuration>
              <templates>
                <template>merger.vm</template>

        <executions>
          <execution>
            <id>test</id>

            <!--  The key to this test... -->
            <inherited>false</inherited>

            <goals>
              <goal>compile</goal>
            </goals>
            <phase>install</phase>
          </execution>
        </executions>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>

<plugins>
  <plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
    <executions>
      <execution>
        <goals>
          <goal>process</goal>
        </goals>
      </execution>
    </executions>
  </plugin>
  .
  .
  .
</plugins>

            MavenOptions options = parseArgs("maven.config", args);
            if (options.goals().isPresent()) {
                // This file can only contain options, not args (goals or phases)
                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unrecognized entries in maven.config (" + configFile + ") file: "
                        + options.goals().get());
            }
            return options;
        } catch (ParseException e) {

              <resourcePaths>maven-core-it.properties</resourcePaths>
              <pluginClassLoaderOutput>target/pcl.properties</pluginClassLoaderOutput>
            </configuration>
            <goals>
              <goal>load</goal>
            </goals>
          </execution>
        </executions>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>