# Working with jOOQ and Flyway using Testcontainers — Configure jOOQ code generation

> Add the testcontainers-jooq-codegen-maven-plugin to pom.xml Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```xml <properties> <testcontainers.version>2.0.4</testcontainers.version> <testcontainers-jooq-codegen-maven-plugin.version>0.0.4</testcontainers-jooq-codegen-maven-plugin

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Add the testcontainers-jooq-codegen-maven-plugin to pom.xml

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```xml
&lt;properties&gt;
    &lt;testcontainers.version&gt;2.0.4&lt;/testcontainers.version&gt;
    &lt;testcontainers-jooq-codegen-maven-plugin.version&gt;0.0.4&lt;/testcontainers-jooq-codegen-maven-plugin.version&gt;
&lt;/properties&gt;

&lt;build&gt;
    &lt;plugins&gt;
        &lt;plugin&gt;
            &lt;groupId&gt;org.testcontainers&lt;/groupId&gt;
            &lt;artifactId&gt;testcontainers-jooq-codegen-maven-plugin&lt;/artifactId&gt;
            &lt;version&gt;${testcontainers-jooq-codegen-maven-plugin.version}&lt;/version&gt;
            &lt;dependencies&gt;
                &lt;dependency&gt;
                    &lt;groupId&gt;org.testcontainers&lt;/groupId&gt;
                    &lt;artifactId&gt;testcontainers-postgresql&lt;/artifactId&gt;
                    &lt;version&gt;${testcontainers.version}&lt;/version&gt;
                &lt;/dependency&gt;
                &lt;dependency&gt;
                    &lt;groupId&gt;org.postgresql&lt;/groupId&gt;
                    &lt;artifactId&gt;postgresql&lt;/artifactId&gt;
                    &lt;version&gt;${po
```

Here's what the plugin configuration does

The / section sets the database type to POSTGRES and the Docker image to postgres:16-alpine. The / section points to the Flyway migration scripts. The / section configures the package name and output directory for the generated code. You can use any configuration option that the official jooq-code-generator plugin supports.

When you run ./mvnw clean package, the plugin uses Testcontainers to spin up a PostgreSQL container, applies the Flyway migrations, and generates Java code under target/generated-sources/jooq.

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