Apache Tomcat Maven plugin 2.1 发布了，maven-tomcat-plugin让maven与tomcat配合得很好。它可以把应用部署到Tomcat服务器，也可以把 tomcat作为内嵌服务器启动，就像jetty一样。 使用JPDA启动tomcat的远程调试功能。这样就能与eclipse配合起来，轻松地 实现调试。而且具有tomcat的热部署功能。
新版本改进记录：
** Bug
* [MTOMCAT-61] - maven tomcat:run ignores the
useSeperateTomcatClassloaded when using serverXml property
* [MTOMCAT-119] - tomcat7:run-war fails because it expects
META-INF\context.xml
* [MTOMCAT-128] - The plugin ignores and/or parses web.xml
incorrectally when using tomcatWebXml option
* [MTOMCAT-173] - Direct dependencies are not added to classpath
* [MTOMCAT-175] - warDirectory property has wrong standard value
in release version 2.0
* [MTOMCAT-179] - Null pointer dereference in RunMojo
* [MTOMCAT-180] - Allow hostName and alias to be configured for
tomcat6:run etc
* [MTOMCAT-182] - Typo in Tomcat6 AbstractRunWarMojo MOJO
* [MTOMCAT-185] - change phase for tomcat6/7:run to process-classes
* [MTOMCAT-186] - Closing executable JAR does not call
ServletContextListener.contextDestroyed()
* [MTOMCAT-194] - Odd error message in switching from Codehaus to
Maven Tomcat6 plugin
* [MTOMCAT-197] - tomcat7:undeploy goal not ignoring non-war projects
* [MTOMCAT-198] - Fix base classes for redeploy and redeploy-only goals
* [MTOMCAT-206] - Runtime dependencies within multi module
projects are not loaded.
** Improvement
* [MTOMCAT-99] - Make redeploy goal consistent with deploy goals
* [MTOMCAT-188] - Allow for the creation of a war that is both
executable and deployable
* [MTOMCAT-190] - Client Certificate settings for connector
* [MTOMCAT-191] - Return the "redeploy" goal to the Maven plugin
* [MTOMCAT-192] - Website text cleanup
* [MTOMCAT-199] - Text cleanup of goal definitions
* [MTOMCAT-200] - Tomcat7:redeploy
* [MTOMCAT-208] - JaCoCo instrumentation errors when running
StandaloneWarMojo
** New Feature
* [MTOMCAT-163] - No undeploy goal
** Question
* [MTOMCAT-187] - Scan resources executing run goal
项目主页：http://mojo.codehaus.org/tomcat-maven-plugin/
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