How do I execute simple ant call through maven?
C:project<project_name>ant -lib antlib -buildfile applications/<sub-project-path>/ant/build.xml deploy

<build>
    <plugins>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
            <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>1.2.1</version>
            <executions>
                <execution>
                    <phase>process-resources</phase>
                    <goals>
                        <goal>exec</goal>
                    </goals>
                    <configuration>
                    <executable>ant</executable>
                    <workingDirectory>${basedir}</workingDirectory>
                    <arguments>
                        <argument>'-lib ant/lib'</argument>
                        <argument>'-buildfile $basedir/<project-path>/build.xml'</argument>
                        <argument>deploy</argument>
                    </arguments>
                    </configuration>
                </execution>
            </executions>
        </plugin>
    </plugins>
</build>

<plugin>
        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
        <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>1.2.1</version>
        <executions>
            ...
        </executions>
        <dependencies>
          <dependency>
            <groupId>ant-contrib</groupId>
            <artifactId>ant-contrib</artifactId>
            <version>${ant-contrib.version}</version>
            <exclusions>
              <exclusion>
                <groupId>ant</groupId>
                <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
              </exclusion>
            </exclusions>
          </dependency>
          <dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
            <artifactId>jasper</artifactId>
            <version>${tomcat.compile.version}</version>
          </dependency>
          <dependency>
            <groupId>com.sun</groupId>
            <artifactId>tools</artifactId>
            <version>${java.version}.0</version>
            <scope>system</scope>
            <systemPath>${jdk.home}/tools.jar</systemPath>
          </dependency>
        </dependencies>
    </plugin>

<plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>1.7</version>
        <executions>
          <execution>
            <id>ant</id>
            <phase>process-resources</phase>
            <configuration>
              <target>
                <ant antfile="${basedir}/<project-path>/build.xml">
                  <target name="deploy"/>
                </ant>
              </target>
            </configuration>
            <goals>
              <goal>run</goal>
            </goals>
          </execution>
        </executions>
      </plugin>