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Maven builds often include plugins that make changes to the project's internal state. In fact, this is one of the two main activities executed by most plugins - with the other being modification of project files themselves. Whether this involves setting the file in the project's main artifact, re-setting the build-directory paths, or modifying and introducing POM properties, these changes in project state must be reflected in the configurations used for subsequent plugin executions.

Problem

As plugins modify the internal state of the MavenProject instance during a build, these changes must be reflected in the configurations handed to subsequent plugin executions. If a project has a build directory in the POM of "foo", then MojoA calls project.getBuild().setDirectory("bar"), then this implies two things for plugins executing after MojoA:

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