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+package org.aim42.hatmlSanityChecker;
+
+import org.aim42.htmlsanitycheck.AllChecksRunner;
+import org.aim42.htmlsanitycheck.Configuration;
+import org.aim42.htmlsanitycheck.MisconfigurationException;
+import org.aim42.htmlsanitycheck.check.AllCheckers;
+import org.aim42.htmlsanitycheck.check.Checker;
+import org.aim42.htmlsanitycheck.collect.PerRunResults;
+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 org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.LifecyclePhase;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.ResolutionScope;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+/**
+ * Entry class for the Maven-plugin.
+ * Handles parameter-passing from Maven build scripts,
+ * initializes the AllChecksRunner,
+ * which does all the checking and reporting work.
+ *
+ * @goal sanity-check
+ * @phase verify
+ * @requiresDependencyResolution runtime
+ * @author Gernot Starke
+ */
+@Mojo(name = "sanity-check", defaultPhase = LifecyclePhase.VERIFY, requiresDependencyResolution = ResolutionScope.RUNTIME)
+public class HtmlSanityCheckMojo extends AbstractMojo {
+
+
+    @Parameter(defaultValue = "${project.build.directory}/reports/htmlSanityCheck/", required = true)
+    private File checkingResultsDir;
+
+    @Parameter(defaultValue = "${project.build.directory}/test-results/htmlSanityCheck/", required = true)
+    private File junitResultsDir;
+
+    @Parameter
+    private File sourceDir;
+
+    @Parameter
+    private Set<File> sourceDocuments;
+
+    @Parameter(defaultValue = "false")
+    private boolean failOnErrors;
+
+    @Parameter(defaultValue = "5000")
+    private int httpConnectionTimeout;
+
+    @Parameter(defaultValue = "false")
+    private boolean ignoreLocalHost;
+
+    @Parameter(defaultValue = "false")
+    private boolean ignoreIPAddresses;
+
+    @Parameter
+    private Set<Integer> httpWarningCodes;
+
+    @Parameter
+    private Set<Integer> httpErrorCodes;
+
+    @Parameter
+    private Set<Integer> httpSuccessCodes;
+
+    @Parameter
+    private List<Class<? extends Checker>> checkerClasses = AllCheckers.CHECKER_CLASSES;
+
+    public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
+        logBuildParameter();
+
+// Setup configuration
+        Configuration myConfig = setupConfiguration();
+
+// Check if configuration is valid
+        try {
+            if (myConfig.isValid()) {
+    // Create output directories
+                checkingResultsDir.mkdirs();
+                if (!checkingResultsDir.isDirectory() || !checkingResultsDir.canWrite()) {
+                    throw new MojoExecutionException("Cannot write to checking results directory.");
+                }
+                if (junitResultsDir != null) {
+                    junitResultsDir.mkdirs();
+                    if (!junitResultsDir.isDirectory() || !junitResultsDir.canWrite()) {
+                        throw new MojoExecutionException("Cannot write to JUnit results directory.");
+                    }
+                }
+
+    // Perform checks
+                AllChecksRunner allChecksRunner = new AllChecksRunner(myConfig);
+                PerRunResults allChecks = allChecksRunner.performAllChecks();
+
+    // Handle findings
+                int nrOfFindingsOnAllPages = allChecks.nrOfFindingsOnAllPages();
+                getLog().debug("Found " + nrOfFindingsOnAllPages + " error(s) on all checked pages");
+
+                if (failOnErrors && nrOfFindingsOnAllPages > 0) {
+                    String failureMsg = String.format(
+                            "Your build configuration included 'failOnErrors=true', and %d error(s) were found on all checked pages. See %s for a detailed report.",
+                            nrOfFindingsOnAllPages, checkingResultsDir
+                    );
+                    throw new MojoExecutionException(failureMsg);
+                }
+            } else {
+                getLog().warn("Fatal configuration errors preventing checks:\n" + myConfig.toString());
+            }
+        } catch (MisconfigurationException e) {
+            throw new MojoExecutionException(e);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new MojoExecutionException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void logBuildParameter() {
+        // Log build parameters
+        getLog().info(String.join("", Collections.nCopies(70, "=")));
+        getLog().info("Parameters given to sanityCheck plugin from Maven buildfile...");
+        getLog().info("Files to check  : " + sourceDocuments);
+        getLog().info("Source directory: " + sourceDir);
+        getLog().info("Results dir     : " + checkingResultsDir);
+        getLog().info("JUnit dir       : " + junitResultsDir);
+        getLog().info("Fail on errors  : " + failOnErrors);
+    }
+
+    protected Configuration setupConfiguration() {
+        Configuration result = Configuration.builder()
+                .sourceDocuments(sourceDocuments)
+                .sourceDir(sourceDir)
+                .checkingResultsDir(checkingResultsDir)
+                .junitResultsDir(junitResultsDir)
+
+                // consoleReport is always FALSE for Gradle based builds
+                .consoleReport(false)
+                .failOnErrors(failOnErrors)
+                .httpConnectionTimeout(httpConnectionTimeout)
+
+                .ignoreLocalhost(ignoreLocalHost)
+                .ignoreIPAddresses(ignoreIPAddresses)
+
+                .checksToExecute(checkerClasses)
+                .build();
+
+        // in case we have configured specific interpretations of http status codes
+        if (!httpSuccessCodes.isEmpty()) {
+            result.overrideHttpSuccessCodes(httpSuccessCodes);
+        }
+        if (!httpErrorCodes.isEmpty()) {
+            result.overrideHttpErrorCodes(httpErrorCodes);
+        }
+        if (!httpWarningCodes.isEmpty()) {
+            result.overrideHttpWarningCodes(httpWarningCodes);
+        }
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+
+}