properties vs pluginManagement

[Jim Sellers]

Hi all.

I've got a question for how to best configure plugins in a corporate parent
pom.  One way is to configure the plug in the pluginManagement section, the
other is to use the properties that the plugin uses.

eg.
  <build>
    <pluginManagement>
      <plugins>
        <plugin>
          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
          <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
          <configuration>
            <wtpmanifest>true</wtpmanifest>
            <wtpapplicationxml>true</wtpapplicationxml>
            <wtpversion>2.0</wtpversion>
          </configuration>
        </plugin>
      </plugins>
    </pluginManagement>
  </build>

vs

  <properties>
        <!-- WTP properties used by the maven-eclipse-plugin -->
        <eclipse.wtpmanifest>true</eclipse.wtpmanifest>
        <eclipse.wtpapplicationxml>true</eclipse.wtpapplicationxml>
        <wtpversion>2.0</wtpversion>
  </properties>

Is there any advantage of one over the other?

Thanks for your time,
Jim