embeds Tomcat into Maven

tomcat6-run-mojo.xml

<plugin>
<!-- mvn tomcat6:run -->
<!-- http://tomcat.apache.org/maven-plugin-2.0-SNAPSHOT/run-mojo-features.html Fixed version -->
	<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId>
	<artifactId>tomcat6-maven-plugin</artifactId>
	<!-- or if you want to use tomcat 6.x <artifactId>tomcat6-maven-plugin</artifactId> -->
	<version>2.0-beta-1</version>
	<configuration>
		<!-- http port -->
		<port>9180</port>
		<!-- application path always starts with / -->
		<path>/</path>
		<!-- optionnal path to a context file <contextFile>/Users/olamy/dev/tomcat-context-archiva-gmail.xml</contextFile> -->
		<!-- optionnal system propoerties you want to add <systemProperties> 
			<appserver.base>/Users/olamy/dev/sources/tomcat/maven-plugin/target/appserver-base</appserver.base> 
			<appserver.home>/Users/olamy/dev/sources/tomcat/maven-plugin/target/appserver-home</appserver.home> 
			<derby.system.home>/Users/olamy/dev/sources/tomcat/maven-plugin/target/appserver-base/logs</derby.system.home> 
			<java.io.tmpdir>/Users/olamy/dev/sources/tomcat/maven-plugin/target</java.io.tmpdir> 
			</systemProperties> -->
		<!-- if you want to use test dependencies rather than only runtime -->
		<useTestClasspath>false</useTestClasspath>
		<!-- optionnal if you want to add some extra directories in the class 
			loader -->
		<additionalClasspathDirs>
			<additionalClasspathDir></additionalClasspathDir>
		</additionalClasspathDirs>
	</configuration>
	<!-- if you need some extra dependencies only for running the embeded 
		tomcat add them in the plugin dependencies <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId> 
		<artifactId>derby</artifactId> <version>${derbyVersion}</version> </dependency> 
		<dependency> <groupId>javax.mail</groupId> <artifactId>mail</artifactId> 
		<version>1.4</version> </dependency> </dependencies> -->
</plugin>