Q:

How can i add configuration to maven-war-plugin?

For the first time i use eclipse with m2e and i want to configure the pom of the maven-war-plugin to add the correct path to my web.xml. If i try to edit the effective pom with the "Maven Pom editor", but the whole pom is readonly? 
How can i solve these problem?
Greets
Thomas

A:

The effective pom is a merge between the super pom of Maven and may be other poms which are inherited and your project pom. So it does not make sense to change the effective-pom. You should change your own pom to fit your needs. The configuration of the maven-war-plugin works as usual in Maven like the following:
 <build>
    <plugins>
      ..
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>2.2</version>
        <configuration>
          ...here your appropriate configurations
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
      ..
    </plugins>
  </build>

