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There is no WebLogic MBeanMaker plugin in our application and also the existing tool is not really Maven friendly.

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WebLogic MBeanMaker

This is a command-line utility that generates all the files you need to form an MBean type, from partial Java classes to contract interfaces and some custom files used by WebLogic itself to introspect the MBean once it is deployed in JAR inside the system class loader.

What we will do is an integration of the existing technologies into Maven using the maven-antrun-plugin plugin as a bridge between these two worlds. These technologies are so invasive that we will have to disable some standard and common Maven plugins such as maven-jar-plugin and maven-install-plugin. In a sense, the work of the compile plugin will be done by this piece of ancient BEA technology.

But all of this makes sense if we want to have a piece of software that can be integrated into modern build systems, and if we want to have a good development environment where we...