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>