Maven: downloading files from url

Question

Can I download some files from http while maven lifecycle? any plugin?

Answer 1

Seems like wagon-maven-plugin from CodeHaus allows to download files over HTTP (though this is not is original goal).

Here is an example downloading GlassFish zip before integration tests:

    org.codehaus.mojo
    wagon-maven-plugin
    1.0
    
        
            download-glassfish
            pre-integration-test
            
                download-single
            
            
                http://download.java.net
                glassfish/3.1/release/glassfish-3.1.zip
                ${project.build.directory}/glassfish