What are m2e connectors?

Question

I want to know what an m2e connector is. I didn't find much on the internet describing them except this page:

http://objectledge.org/confluence/display/TOOLS/M2E+Connectors

So my questions are:

• Is it a plugin like any Eclipse plugin?
• What it can be used for?
• Are there any pages explaining how I can use it?

Answer 1

Yes it is an eclipse plugin. It act as a bridge between one maven plugin and eclipse. Basically it is used for three things:

• configure eclipse project according to the pom configuration,
• automatically refresh resources modify by your build,
• provide incremental build (if done correctly...)

For the common plugins,you would install it when importing maven projects, or via quick fixes.

Some documentation, though it is more oriented to m2e connectors' development.