diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/java-basic-annotations-jdk8/invoker.properties b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/java-basic-annotations-jdk8/invoker.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a67d07c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/java-basic-annotations-jdk8/invoker.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+invoker.java.version = 1.8+
+invoker.goals.1 = clean install -DskipTests
+invoker.goals.2 = org.apache.maven.its.basic-java-annotations:maven-it-basic-java-annotations:1.0-SNAPSHOT:it0014
+invoker.goals.3 = org.apache.maven.its.basic-java-annotations:maven-it-basic-java-annotations:1.0-SNAPSHOT:help
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/java-basic-annotations-jdk8/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/java-basic-annotations-jdk8/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f249836
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/java-basic-annotations-jdk8/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.basic-java-annotations</groupId>
+  <artifactId>maven-it-basic-java-annotations</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
+
+  <name>Maven Integration Test :: basic-java-annotations-jdk8</name>
+  <description>
+    Test plugin-plugin, which tests maven-plugin-tools-api and 
+    maven-plugin-tools-java. This will generate a plugin descriptor from 
+    java-based mojo sources, install the plugin, and then use it.
+  </description>
+
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+  </properties>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
+      <version>2.2.1</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
+      <version>2.2.1</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
+      <version>3.0.1</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin-tools</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-plugin-annotations</artifactId>
+      <version>@project.version@</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.4</version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <skipErrorNoDescriptorsFound>true</skipErrorNoDescriptorsFound>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>mojo-descriptor</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>descriptor</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>help-goal</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>helpmojo</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/java-basic-annotations-jdk8/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/coreit/CoreIt0014Mojo.java b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/java-basic-annotations-jdk8/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/coreit/CoreIt0014Mojo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26b9ce6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/java-basic-annotations-jdk8/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/coreit/CoreIt0014Mojo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package org.apache.maven.plugin.coreit;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * Touches a test file.
+ * 
+ */
+@Mojo( name = "it0014" )
+public class CoreIt0014Mojo
+    extends AbstractMojo
+{
+    
+    @Parameter( property = "project.build.directory", required = true )
+    private String outputDirectory;
+
+    public void execute()
+        throws MojoExecutionException
+    {
+        getLog().info( "outputDirectory = " + outputDirectory );
+
+        File f = new File( outputDirectory );
+        
+        if ( !f.exists() )
+        {
+            f.mkdirs();
+        }
+        
+        File touch = new File( f, "touch.txt" );
+        
+        try
+        {
+            touch.createNewFile();
+        }
+        catch ( IOException e )
+        {
+            throw new MojoExecutionException( "Error writing verification file.", e );
+        }                
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/java-basic-annotations-jdk8/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/coreit/FirstMojo.java b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/java-basic-annotations-jdk8/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/coreit/FirstMojo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..62247a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/java-basic-annotations-jdk8/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/coreit/FirstMojo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+package org.apache.maven.plugin.coreit;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.execution.MavenSession;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecution;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.descriptor.PluginDescriptor;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Component;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.ResolutionScope;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Execute;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.LifecyclePhase;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProjectHelper;
+import org.apache.maven.settings.Settings;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+/**
+ * Touches a test file.
+ *
+ * @since 1.2
+ * @deprecated Don't use!
+ */
+@Mojo( name = "first", requiresDependencyResolution = ResolutionScope.TEST, defaultPhase = LifecyclePhase.INTEGRATION_TEST )
+@Execute( phase = LifecyclePhase.GENERATE_SOURCES, lifecycle = "cobertura" )
+public class FirstMojo
+    extends AbstractMojo
+{
+
+    /**
+     * Project directory.
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "${basedir}", readonly = true )
+    private File basedir;
+
+    @Parameter( property = "first.touchFile", defaultValue = "${project.build.directory}/touch.txt",
+                required = true )
+    private File touchFile;
+
+    /**
+     * @since 0.1
+     * @deprecated As of 0.2
+     */
+    @Parameter( name = "namedParam", alias = "alias" )
+    private String aliasedParam;
+
+    @Component( role = MavenProjectHelper.class, hint = "test" )
+    private Object projectHelper;
+
+    @Component
+    private MavenSession session;
+
+    @Component
+    private MavenProject project;
+
+    @Component
+    private MojoExecution mojo;
+
+    @Component
+    private PluginDescriptor plugin;
+
+    @Component
+    private Settings settings;
+
+    public void execute()
+        throws MojoExecutionException
+    {
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/java-basic-annotations-jdk8/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/coreit/MPlugin220Mojo.java b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/java-basic-annotations-jdk8/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/coreit/MPlugin220Mojo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..06b6068
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/java-basic-annotations-jdk8/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/coreit/MPlugin220Mojo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package org.apache.maven.plugin.coreit;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * Could not use regex in @Parameter(defaultValue) 
+ */
+@Mojo( name = "mplugin-220" )
+public class MPlugin220Mojo
+    extends AbstractMojo
+{
+    
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "[a-zA-Z]{2,}-\\\\d+" )
+    private String regex;
+
+    public void execute()
+        throws MojoExecutionException
+    {
+        getLog().info( "regex = " + regex );
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/java-basic-annotations-jdk8/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/coreit/Maximal.java b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/java-basic-annotations-jdk8/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/coreit/Maximal.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ca4ca1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/java-basic-annotations-jdk8/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/coreit/Maximal.java
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+package org.apache.maven.plugin.coreit;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Component;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.ResolutionScope;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Execute;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.InstantiationStrategy;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.LifecyclePhase;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProjectHelper;
+
+/**
+ * Checks maximum annotations with non-default values.
+ *
+ * @since since-text
+ * @deprecated deprecated-text
+ */
+@Mojo( name = "maximal",
+    aggregator = true,
+    configurator = "configurator-hint",
+    requiresDependencyResolution = ResolutionScope.COMPILE,
+    requiresDependencyCollection = ResolutionScope.TEST,
+    defaultPhase = LifecyclePhase.PACKAGE,
+    executionStrategy = "always",
+    instantiationStrategy = InstantiationStrategy.SINGLETON,
+    inheritByDefault = false,
+    requiresDirectInvocation = true,
+    requiresOnline = true,
+    requiresProject = false,
+    requiresReports = true,
+    threadSafe = true )
+@Execute( phase = LifecyclePhase.COMPILE )
+public class Maximal
+    extends AbstractMojo
+{
+    /**
+     * Parameter description.
+     *
+     * @since since-text
+     * @deprecated deprecated-text
+     */
+    @Parameter( alias = "myAlias",
+        property = "aProperty",
+        defaultValue = "${anExpression}",
+        readonly = true,
+        required = true )
+    private String param;
+
+    @Component( role = MavenProjectHelper.class, hint = "test" )
+    private Object projectHelper;
+
+    public void execute()
+    {
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/java-basic-annotations-jdk8/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/coreit/Minimal.java b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/java-basic-annotations-jdk8/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/coreit/Minimal.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18f3cfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/java-basic-annotations-jdk8/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/coreit/Minimal.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package org.apache.maven.plugin.coreit;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Component;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProjectHelper;
+
+// minimum annotations => default values
+@Mojo( name = "minimal" )
+public class Minimal
+    extends AbstractMojo
+{
+    @Parameter
+    private String param;
+
+    @Component
+    private MavenProjectHelper projectHelper;
+
+    public void execute()
+    {
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/java-basic-annotations-jdk8/verify.groovy b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/java-basic-annotations-jdk8/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..294f538
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugin-plugin/src/it/java-basic-annotations-jdk8/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,231 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+File touchFile = new File( basedir, "target/touch.txt" )
+assert touchFile.isFile()
+
+File descriptorFile = new File( basedir, "target/classes/META-INF/maven/plugin.xml" );
+assert descriptorFile.isFile()
+
+def pluginDescriptor = new XmlParser().parse( descriptorFile );
+
+def mojo = pluginDescriptor.mojos.mojo.findAll{ it.goal.text() == "first" }[0]
+
+assert mojo.goal.text() == 'first'
+assert mojo.implementation.text() == 'org.apache.maven.plugin.coreit.FirstMojo'
+assert mojo.language.text() == 'java'
+assert mojo.description.text() == 'Touches a test file.'
+assert mojo.deprecated.text() == "Don't use!"
+assert mojo.requiresDependencyResolution.text() == 'test'
+assert mojo.requiresDependencyCollection.text() == ''
+assert mojo.requiresProject.text() == 'true'
+assert mojo.requiresOnline.text() == 'false'
+assert mojo.requiresDirectInvocation.text() == 'false'
+assert mojo.aggregator.text() == 'false'
+assert mojo.threadSafe.text() == 'false'
+assert mojo.phase.text() == 'integration-test'
+assert mojo.executePhase.text() == 'generate-sources'
+assert mojo.executeLifecycle.text() == 'cobertura'
+
+assert mojo.configuration.basedir[0].text() == ''
+assert mojo.configuration.basedir[0].'@implementation' == 'java.io.File'
+assert mojo.configuration.basedir[0].'@default-value' == '${basedir}'
+
+assert mojo.configuration.touchFile[0].text() == '${first.touchFile}'
+assert mojo.configuration.touchFile[0].'@implementation' == 'java.io.File'
+assert mojo.configuration.touchFile[0].'@default-value' == '${project.build.directory}/touch.txt'
+
+assert mojo.configuration.session[0].text() == ''
+assert mojo.configuration.session[0].'@implementation' == 'org.apache.maven.execution.MavenSession'
+assert mojo.configuration.session[0].'@default-value' == '${session}'
+
+assert mojo.configuration.project[0].text() == ''
+assert mojo.configuration.project[0].'@implementation' == 'org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject'
+assert mojo.configuration.project[0].'@default-value' == '${project}'
+
+assert mojo.configuration.mojo[0].text() == ''
+assert mojo.configuration.mojo[0].'@implementation' == 'org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecution'
+assert mojo.configuration.mojo[0].'@default-value' == '${mojoExecution}'
+
+assert mojo.configuration.plugin[0].text() == ''
+assert mojo.configuration.plugin[0].'@implementation' == 'org.apache.maven.plugin.descriptor.PluginDescriptor'
+assert mojo.configuration.plugin[0].'@default-value' == '${plugin}'
+
+assert mojo.configuration.settings[0].text() == ''
+assert mojo.configuration.settings[0].'@implementation' == 'org.apache.maven.settings.Settings'
+assert mojo.configuration.settings[0].'@default-value' == '${settings}'
+
+assert mojo.requirements.requirement.size() == 1
+
+assert mojo.requirements.requirement[0].role.text() == 'org.apache.maven.project.MavenProjectHelper'
+assert mojo.requirements.requirement[0].'role-hint'.text() == 'test'
+assert mojo.requirements.requirement[0].'field-name'.text() == 'projectHelper'
+
+assert mojo.parameters.parameter.size() == 8
+
+parameter = mojo.parameters.parameter.findAll{ it.name.text() == "namedParam" }[0]
+assert parameter.name.text() == 'namedParam'
+assert parameter.alias.text() == 'alias'
+assert parameter.type.text() == 'java.lang.String'
+assert parameter.deprecated.text() == 'As of 0.2'
+assert parameter.required.text() == 'false'
+assert parameter.editable.text() == 'true'
+assert parameter.description.text() == ''
+
+parameter = mojo.parameters.parameter.findAll{ it.name.text() == "basedir" }[0]
+assert parameter.name.text() == 'basedir'
+assert parameter.alias.isEmpty()
+assert parameter.type.text() == 'java.io.File'
+assert parameter.deprecated.isEmpty()
+assert parameter.required.text() == 'false'
+assert parameter.editable.text() == 'false'
+assert parameter.description.text() == 'Project directory.'
+
+parameter = mojo.parameters.parameter.findAll{ it.name.text() == "mojo" }[0]
+assert parameter.name.text() == 'mojo'
+assert parameter.alias.isEmpty()
+assert parameter.type.text() == 'org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecution'
+assert parameter.deprecated.isEmpty()
+assert parameter.required.text() == 'true'
+assert parameter.editable.text() == 'false'
+assert parameter.description.text() == ''
+
+parameter = mojo.parameters.parameter.findAll{ it.name.text() == "plugin" }[0]
+assert parameter.name.text() == 'plugin'
+assert parameter.alias.isEmpty()
+assert parameter.type.text() == 'org.apache.maven.plugin.descriptor.PluginDescriptor'
+assert parameter.deprecated.isEmpty()
+assert parameter.required.text() == 'true'
+assert parameter.editable.text() == 'false'
+assert parameter.description.text() == ''
+
+parameter = mojo.parameters.parameter.findAll{ it.name.text() == "project" }[0]
+assert parameter.name.text() == 'project'
+assert parameter.alias.isEmpty()
+assert parameter.type.text() == 'org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject'
+assert parameter.deprecated.isEmpty()
+assert parameter.required.text() == 'true'
+assert parameter.editable.text() == 'false'
+assert parameter.description.text() == ''
+
+parameter = mojo.parameters.parameter.findAll{ it.name.text() == "session" }[0]
+assert parameter.name.text() == 'session'
+assert parameter.alias.isEmpty()
+assert parameter.type.text() == 'org.apache.maven.execution.MavenSession'
+assert parameter.deprecated.isEmpty()
+assert parameter.required.text() == 'true'
+assert parameter.editable.text() == 'false'
+assert parameter.description.text() == ''
+
+parameter = mojo.parameters.parameter.findAll{ it.name.text() == "settings" }[0]
+assert parameter.name.text() == 'settings'
+assert parameter.alias.isEmpty()
+assert parameter.type.text() == 'org.apache.maven.settings.Settings'
+assert parameter.deprecated.isEmpty()
+assert parameter.required.text() == 'true'
+assert parameter.editable.text() == 'false'
+assert parameter.description.text() == ''
+
+parameter = mojo.parameters.parameter.findAll{ it.name.text() == "touchFile" }[0]
+assert parameter.name.text() == 'touchFile'
+assert parameter.alias.isEmpty()
+assert parameter.type.text() == 'java.io.File'
+assert parameter.deprecated.isEmpty()
+assert parameter.required.text() == 'true'
+assert parameter.editable.text() == 'true'
+assert parameter.description.text() == ''
+
+// check default values
+mojo = pluginDescriptor.mojos.mojo.findAll{ it.goal.text() == "minimal"}[0]
+
+assert mojo.goal.text() == 'minimal'
+assert mojo.implementation.text() == 'org.apache.maven.plugin.coreit.Minimal'
+assert mojo.language.text() == 'java'
+assert mojo.description.text() == ''
+assert mojo.deprecated.text() == ''
+assert mojo.requiresDependencyResolution.text() == ''
+assert mojo.requiresDependencyCollection.text() == ''
+assert mojo.requiresProject.text() == 'true'
+assert mojo.requiresOnline.text() == 'false'
+assert mojo.requiresDirectInvocation.text() == 'false'
+assert mojo.requiresReports.text() == 'false'
+assert mojo.aggregator.text() == 'false'
+assert mojo.threadSafe.text() == 'false'
+assert mojo.phase.text() == ''
+assert mojo.executePhase.text() == ''
+assert mojo.executeLifecycle.text() == ''
+assert mojo.executionStrategy.text() == 'once-per-session'
+assert mojo.inheritedByDefault.text() == 'true'
+assert mojo.instantiationStrategy.text() == 'per-lookup'
+
+parameter = mojo.parameters.parameter.findAll{ it.name.text() == "param" }[0]
+assert parameter.name.text() == 'param'
+assert parameter.alias.text() == ''
+assert parameter.type.text() == 'java.lang.String'
+assert parameter.deprecated.text() == ''
+assert parameter.required.text() == 'false'
+assert parameter.editable.text() == 'true'
+assert parameter.description.text() == ''
+
+def requirement = mojo.requirements.requirement.findAll{ it.'field-name'.text() == "projectHelper" }[0]
+assert requirement.role.text() == 'org.apache.maven.project.MavenProjectHelper'
+
+// check values set by every annotation
+mojo = pluginDescriptor.mojos.mojo.findAll{ it.goal.text() == "maximal"}[0]
+
+assert mojo.goal.text() == 'maximal'
+assert mojo.implementation.text() == 'org.apache.maven.plugin.coreit.Maximal'
+assert mojo.language.text() == 'java'
+assert mojo.description.text() == 'Checks maximum annotations with non-default values.'
+assert mojo.deprecated.text() == 'deprecated-text'
+assert mojo.requiresDependencyResolution.text() == 'compile'
+assert mojo.requiresDependencyCollection.text() == 'test'
+assert mojo.requiresProject.text() == 'false'
+assert mojo.requiresOnline.text() == 'true'
+assert mojo.requiresDirectInvocation.text() == 'true'
+assert mojo.requiresReports.text() == 'true'
+assert mojo.aggregator.text() == 'true'
+assert mojo.configurator.text() == 'configurator-hint'
+assert mojo.threadSafe.text() == 'true'
+assert mojo.phase.text() == 'package'
+assert mojo.executePhase.text() == 'compile'
+assert mojo.executeLifecycle.text() == ''
+assert mojo.executionStrategy.text() == 'always'
+assert mojo.inheritedByDefault.text() == 'false'
+assert mojo.instantiationStrategy.text() == 'singleton'
+
+parameter = mojo.parameters.parameter.findAll{ it.name.text() == "param" }[0]
+assert parameter.name.text() == 'param'
+assert parameter.alias.text() == 'myAlias'
+assert parameter.type.text() == 'java.lang.String'
+assert parameter.since.text() == 'since-text'
+assert parameter.deprecated.text() == 'deprecated-text'
+assert parameter.required.text() == 'true'
+assert parameter.editable.text() == 'false'
+assert parameter.description.text() == 'Parameter description.'
+
+requirement = mojo.requirements.requirement.findAll{ it.'field-name'.text() == "projectHelper" }[0]
+assert requirement.role.text() == 'org.apache.maven.project.MavenProjectHelper'
+
+// check help mojo source and class
+assert new File( basedir, "target/classes/org/apache/maven/plugin/coreit/HelpMojo.class" ).isFile()
+assert new File( basedir, "target/generated-sources/plugin/org/apache/maven/plugin/coreit/HelpMojo.java" ).isFile()
+assert !new File( basedir, "target/generated-sources/plugin/HelpMojo.java" ).isFile()
+
+return true;