The purpose of the Spring Boot Maven plugin

The Spring Boot Maven Plugin is a Maven plugin used for building and packaging Spring Boot applications. It offers various features, including:

1. Developer tools: can monitor changes to the application source code and automatically restart the application after changes.
2. Package application: It’s possible to package the application as an executable JAR file, including all dependencies and an embedded web server.
3. Running applications: you can run applications directly without using conventional deployment methods, such as deploying the application to an external application server.
4. Custom properties: You can define custom properties using the plugin configuration file, such as the application’s port number, log level, etc.
5. Project information: the metadata of a project can be generated, including the project’s name, version number, description, etc.
6. Packaging an executable JAR file: You can package the application as an executable JAR file, allowing the application to run independently.

In general, the purpose of the Spring Boot Maven Plugin is to simplify the building and packaging process of Spring Boot applications, providing various convenient features to allow developers to more easily develop and deploy Spring Boot applications.