Generate the JPA metamodel files using maven-processor-plugin - What is a convenient way for re-generation?

Question

I am trying to use maven-processor-plugin for generating JPA metamodel java files and I set up my pom.xml as belows.

Answer 1

March 2018 Answer with Hibernate 5

As described on https://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/orm/5.0/topical/html/metamodelgen/MetamodelGenerator.html:

Simply add this to ... in your pom.xml:

    org.hibernate
    hibernate-jpamodelgen
    5.2.16.Final
    provided

There is nothing else that should be necessary for you to do. If you run into issues, visit the jboss page at the top of this answer.

The version included in this snippet is the latest version as of March, 2018, but check the artifact page (https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.hibernate/hibernate-jpamodelgen) for the latest version.

This is not intended to be an original answer, but should prove helpful to anyone who wants a simple, straightforward copy-pastable solution.