Running the code generator with Maven

<plugin>
  <!-- Specify the maven code generator plugin -->
  <!-- Use org.jooq            for the Open Source Edition
           org.jooq.pro        for commercial editions, 
           org.jooq.pro-java-8 for commercial editions with Java 8 support,
           org.jooq.pro-java-6 for commercial editions with Java 6 support,
           org.jooq.trial      for the free trial edition 
         
       Note: Only the Open Source Edition is hosted on Maven Central. 
             Import the others manually from your distribution -->
  <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
  <artifactId>jooq-codegen-maven</artifactId>
  <version>3.14.7</version>

  <executions>
    <execution>
      <id>jooq-codegen</id>
      <phase>generate-sources</phase>
      <goals>
        <goal>generate</goal>
      </goals>
      <configuration>
        ...
      </configuration>
    </execution>
  </executions>
</plugin>

<plugin>
  <configuration>

    <!-- A boolean property (or constant) can be specified here to tell the plugin not to do anything -->
    <skip>${skip.jooq.generation}</skip>

    <!-- Instead of providing an inline configuration here, you can specify an external XML configuration file here -->
    <configurationFile>${externalfile}</configurationFile>
    
    <!-- Alternatively, you can provide several external configuration files. These will be merged by using
         Maven's combine.children="append" policy -->
    <configurationFiles>
      <configurationFile>${file1}</configurationFile>
      <configurationFile>${file2}</configurationFile>
      <configurationFile>...</configurationFile>
    </configurationFiles>
  </configuration>
</plugin>