java - Is maven goal appengine:backends_configure deprecated? -

java - Is maven goal appengine:backends_configure deprecated? -

the next command says there's goal called "appengine:backends_configure" google app engine maven plugin (https://code.google.com/p/appengine-maven-plugin/)?

i see goal available when run command:

mvn help:describe -dplugin=appengine

here's looks like:

mosofskcbookpro:myguestbooktrial mosofsky$ mvn help:describe -dplugin=appengine [info] scanning projects... [info] [info] using builder org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.builder.singlethreaded.singlethreadedbuilder thread count of 1 [info] [info] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [info] building myguestbooktrial 1.0-snapshot [info] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [info] [info] --- maven-help-plugin:2.2:describe (default-cli) @ myguestbooktrial --- [info] com.google.appengine:appengine-maven-plugin:1.9.14

name: maven plugin running , deploying appengine applications description: app engine maven plugin can used interact both development server , remote runtime. grouping id: com.google.appengine artifact id: appengine-maven-plugin version: 1.9.14 goal prefix: appengine

this plugin has 29 goals:

appengine:backends_configure description: configure specified backend. ...

according google, though, backends deprecated (https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/java/config/backends).

so appengine-maven-plugin out of date? when refers backends, deprecated backend or other backend? there new version of appengine-maven-plugin can configure modules?

you can utilize modules appengine-maven-plugin creating enterprise archive (ear) project , putting each module in it's own war. contributor's illustration project @ [1]. using maven modules has limitations, not beingness able share same datastore on development server. in case you'd want set eclipse wtp project per [2].

the documentation on lacking, , nice if google provided archetype using modules.

[1] https://github.com/googlecloudplatform/appengine-modules-sample-java [2] serving multiple gae modules 1 development server?

as far 'appengine:backends_configure' goes, since backends still supported assume goal isn't going away time soon.

java google-app-engine maven appengine-maven-plugin