Basic configuration for the jetty-maven-plugin (http://wiki.eclipse.org/Jetty/Feature/Jetty_Maven_Plugin)

jetty-maven-plugin-snippet.xml

<plugin>
  <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
	<artifactId>jetty-maven-plugin</artifactId>
	<version>8.1.8.v20121106</version>
	<configuration>
		<scanIntervalSeconds>1</scanIntervalSeconds>
		<!-- Context path is / by default -->
<!-- 					<webApp> -->
<!-- 						<contextPath>/${project.artifactId}</contextPath> -->
<!-- 					</webApp> -->
		<connectors>
			<!-- or org.eclipse.jetty.server.bio.SocketConnector to avoid file locking on windows -->
			<connector implementation="org.eclipse.jetty.server.nio.SelectChannelConnector">
				<port>8080</port>
			</connector>
		</connectors>
	</configuration>
</plugin>