The Plexus IoC container API and its default implementation.

The Compiler Plugin is used to compile the sources of your project.

The Maven Source Plugin creates a JAR archive of the source files of the current project.

The Apache Maven Javadoc Plugin is a plugin that uses the javadoc tool for generating javadocs for the specified project.

Core classes of Apache Maven to manage the building process.

The API for Maven 3 plugins - Mojos - development.

Builds a Java Archive (JAR) file from the compiled project classes and resources.

Interface and implementation of Maven Artifact model

Deprecated Maven 2 classes, maintained as compatibility layer.

Provides a maven plugin that supports creating an OSGi bundle from the contents of the compilation classpath along with its resources and dependencies. Plus a zillion other features.

This plugin is used to release a project with Maven, saving a lot of repetitive, manual work.