Just an update on this in case there is anyone else who is interested.
 I found an answer to this on stackoverflow:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8389825/creating-a-maven-mojo-that-automatically-adds-new-source-folders-to-the-build

On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Stephen Connolly
<[email protected]> wrote:
> That just defined the default phase that the goal will bind to if you don't
> specify a phase... but you need to bind a goal to a phase in the consumer's
> pom or the packaging lifecycle
>
> On 30 November 2011 23:00, Jeff MAURY <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> This is done through a Javadoc annotation in your Mojo source file.
>>
>> Regards
>> Jeff MAURY
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 11:45 PM, Andrew Eisenberg <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > Sorry for asking so many questions, but I am now confused.  When you
>> > say "You must bind your mojo to a specific phase", where does this
>> > binding happen?  Inside the pom associated with the mojo or inside the
>> > plugin consumer's pom?  Earlier, I think you implied that this had to
>> > happen in the consumer's pom, but is that not what you are saying now?
>> >  If this is the correct interpretation, can you point me to some docs
>> > or an example of how to do this?
>> >
>> > My goal is to do all of the configuring inside of the mojo's pom so
>> > that the plugin consumer has to do as little configuring as possible
>> > (preferably none at all, except for declaring a dependency).
>> >
>> > thanks,
>> > Andrew
>> >
>> > On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 2:26 PM, Jeff MAURY <[email protected]>
>> > wrote:
>> > > No, you can have a mojo automatically invoked as soon as it is declared
>> > in
>> > > a pom. You must bind your mojo to a specific phase.
>> > >
>> > > Regards
>> > > Jeff MAURY
>> > >
>> > > On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 10:48 PM, Andrew Eisenberg <
>> > > [email protected]> wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Jeff MAURY <[email protected]>
>> > >> wrote:
>> > >> > You can develop a Mojo that will do the trick but you will have to
>> > >> > configure it in you pom (at least define it so that it will be
>> > invoked)
>> > >> so
>> > >> > I don't see the added value compared to the build-helper-plugin
>> > >>
>> > >> Right. Well, the only benefit is that doing it through the mojo that I
>> > >> would create is about 6 fewer lines of configuration, which is not
>> > >> much benefit (and I actually did get this working, but I wasn't happy
>> > >> with the solution).  I must say that I am disappointed in maven that
>> > >> this is not possible.  I was expecting that mojos could somehow be
>> > >> executed implicitly just by referencing a plugin in your pom.  I'm
>> > >> sure there's a reason for not allowing this, but from my perspective
>> > >> allowing this would certainly cut down on some configuration
>> > >> verbosity.
>> > >>
>> > >> Thanks for your help with this.  I'll have to settle for the
>> > >> build-helper-maven-plugin approach.
>> > >>
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