Maven dependency graph plugin(ch.elca.el4j.maven.plugin)

1. Install Graphviz

Graphviz is open source graph visualization software. Graph visualization is a way of representing structural information as diagrams of abstract graphs and networks. It has important applications in networking, bioinformatics,  software engineering, database and web design, machine learning, and in visual interfaces for other technical domains. 

- Download graphviz(graphviz-2.38.msi) from http://www.graphviz.org/

- Install graphviz

- Add 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Graphviz2.38\bin' into environment variable

2. Configure pom file

- Add plugin configuration into build section on pom file

<plugin>
        <groupId>ch.elca.el4j.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-depgraph-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>1.7</version>
</plugin>

- Add plugin repository

  <pluginRepository>
    <id>elca-services</id>
    <url>http://el4.elca-services.ch/el4j/maven2repository</url>
    <releases>
     <enabled>true</enabled>
    </releases>
  </pluginRepository>

3. Run plugin's goal

- degraph:degraph

- degraph:fullgraph

4. Sample output