Plugin dependency in project.xml file

[Matteo Melani]

Hello,
 what is the benefit of including in the project.xml file a dependency 
to a plugin? (Besides telling other developers that the build depends on 
the plugin)

For example let say that I include in my project.xml:

<dependency>
  <groupId>codeczar-tomcat</group>
  <artifactId>maven-tomcat-plugin</artifactId>
  <type>plugin</type>
  <version>1.1</version>
</dependency>

When I run Maven it downloads the .jar file for the plugin in the 
repository plugin directory. And then?

I guess I do not understand the purpose if it.
Anybody can explain this feature?

Thanks,
-Matteo

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