Configuring jetty plugin to auto deploy and store session between restarts in Maven

pom.xml

    <plugin>
        <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-jetty-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>6.1.24</version> <!-- TODO upgrade to version 7 -->
        <configuration>
            <stopPort>9669</stopPort>
            <stopKey>${appname}</stopKey>
            <!-- Redeploy every x seconds if changes are detected, 
                    0 for no automatic redeployment -->
            <scanIntervalSeconds>3</scanIntervalSeconds>
            <connectors>
                <connector implementation="org.mortbay.jetty.nio.SelectChannelConnector">
                    <port>7770</port>
                    <maxIdleTime>60000</maxIdleTime>
                </connector>
            </connectors>
            <webAppConfig>
                <contextPath>/${appname}</contextPath>
                <sessionHandler implementation="org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.SessionHandler">
                    <sessionManager implementation="org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.HashSessionManager">
                        <storeDirectory>${project.build.directory}/sessions</storeDirectory>
                    </sessionManager>
                </sessionHandler>
            </webAppConfig>
        </configuration>
    </plugin>

Nice! Just what I was looking for :-)