The maven RMI plugin allows for running an RMI instance within a maven build. Once ran, it will sit there until you press ctrl-c to break out of it.
Examples of configuration are in the pom.xml
Run the following... mvn install
Modify your ~/.m2/settings.xml to allow plugins within the group...
<pluginGroups>
<pluginGroup>ca.trentonadams.maven.plugins</plugingroup>
</plugingroups>