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o Add a description that suggests using m2e instead of maven-eclipse-plugin, albeit acknowledging that there are still project setups where m-eclipse-p is more suitable.
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The Eclipse Plugin is used to generate Eclipse IDE files (*.classpath,
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*.wtpmodules and the .settings folder) for use with a project.
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Note: Starting at version 2.6, by default, the generated .classpath now includes "**/*.java" for source directories
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and excludes "**/*.java" for resource directories. See the example on
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{{{./examples/specifying-source-path-inclusions-and-exclusions.html}specifying source path inclusions and exclusions}}
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for more details on how to change this behavior.
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The Maven Eclipse Plugin is used to generate Eclipse IDE files (*.classpath,
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*.project, *.wtpmodules and the .settings folder) for use with a project.
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<<Disclaimer:>> Users are advised to use m2e, the {{{https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.m2e}Eclipse Maven Integration}}
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instead of this plugin, as it can more closely resemble the actual build and runtime classpaths as described in the
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project pom.xml - among other advantages. However, there are project setups and workflows that still work more
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efficiently with statically generated Eclipse metadata - for example when there is a large number of projects in
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a reactor. That's where the Maven Eclipse Plugin can still help you.
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* Goals Overview
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