Only addition I'd suggest is that new lifecycles and packaging types can be 
defined in plugins.

Justin

On Apr 1, 2011, at 6:37 PM, Chad La Joie <[email protected]> wrote:

> Can some one confirm that my understanding of lifecycles, phases, and
> goals is correct?
> 
> Maven has three lifecycles: clean, default (build), and site.  These are
> defined by Maven core and can not be changed by plugins.
> 
> Each lifecycle is made up of a fixed, ordered list, of phases.  The
> phases in each lifecycle are also defined by Maven core and can not be
> changed by plugins.
> 
> Goals, defined in various plugins, are attached to specific phases in
> order to create the actual "executable" lifecycle.
> 
> Each particular project packaging type (e.g., POM, JAR, WAR) comes with
> a default set of goals attached to various lifecycle phases.
> 
> Note, I'm looking for technical specificity here so if any of the above
> statements aren't exactly correct I'd like to know.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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