The RichFaces Resources Maven Plugin is used during process-classes phase to extract defined component resources (defined by JSF @ResourceDependency annotation) and pre-render them.
The RichFaces Resources Maven Plugin scans for all @ResourceDependency definitions in compile scope.
Pre-rendered component resources does not require runtime processing which saves processing time and avoid some classes otherwise necessary for runtime resource generation.
Additionally RichFaces Resources Maven Plugin is able to pack resources into packages, one package per resource mime-type. This feature can be used for aggregating all application resources to one package, optimizing the network transfers.
The RichFaces Resources Maven Plugin also provides feature for minimization of JavaScript/CSS resources using YUI Compressor.
The previous features can be enabled declaratively.
The RichFaces Resources Maven Plugin has only goal:
General instructions on how to use the RichFaces Resources Maven Plugin can be found on the usage page. Some more specific use cases are described in the examples given below..
If you feel like the plugin is missing a feature or has a defect, you can fill a feature request or bug report in our issue tracker. When creating a new issue, please provide a comprehensive description of your concern. Especially for fixing bugs it is crucial that the developers can reproduce your problem. For this reason, entire debug logs, POMs or most preferably little demo projects attached to the issue are very much appreciated. Of course, patches are welcome, too. Contributors can check out the project from our source repository.
