This plugin is used to generate Gettext PO files.
Update pot and po files:
mvn org.xnap.commons:maven-gettext-plugin:merge
Create properties/classs files:
mvn org.xnap.commons:maven-gettext-plugin:1.0:dist
<pluginRepositories>
<pluginRepository>
<id>xnap-commons</id>
<name>XNap Commons Repository</name>
<url>http://xnap-commons.sourceforge.net/repository</url>
</pluginRepository>
</pluginRepositories>
...
<reporting>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.xnap.commons</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-gettext-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.1</version>
<configuration>
<targetBundle>my.package.Messages</targetBundle>
<outputFormat>properties</outputFormat>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</reporting>