Index: src/main/java/org/codehaus/cargo/maven2/ContainerConfigureMojo.java
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+/**
+ * 
+ */
+package org.codehaus.cargo.maven2;
+
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+import org.codehaus.cargo.container.Container;
+import org.codehaus.cargo.container.LocalContainer;
+import org.codehaus.cargo.container.configuration.Configuration;
+import org.codehaus.cargo.container.configuration.LocalConfiguration;
+
+/**
+ * Mojo to configure a container with a specified configuration. 
+ *  
+ * @author <a href="rahul.thakur.xdev@gmail.com">Rahul Thakur</a>
+ * @version $Id$
+ * @goal configure  
+ * @description configure a Local Container with a given configuration.
+ */
+public class ContainerConfigureMojo
+    extends AbstractCargoMojo
+{
+
+    /**
+     * @see AbstractCargoMojo#execute()
+     */
+    public void execute()
+        throws MojoExecutionException
+    {
+        super.execute();
+        Container container = createContainer();
+        Configuration configuration = createConfiguration();
+
+        if ( null != container && null != configuration )
+        {
+            getLog().info(
+                           "Attempting to configure Container: " + container.getName() + " [Container Id: "
+                               + container.getId() + "]" );
+            // configure here 
+            ( (LocalConfiguration) configuration ).configure( (LocalContainer) container );
+            getLog().info( "Configuration written under: " + getConfigurationElement().getDir().getAbsolutePath() );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            throw new MojoExecutionException( "Please verify that a valid container and configuration were specified." );
+        }
+
+    }
+
+}