Jboss Maven plugin takes too long to deploy - maven

Question

I use the Maven auto-deploy plugin to auto deploy to the Jboss application server.
The deployment plugin is configured as shown below:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.jboss.as.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>jboss-as-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>7.0.2.Final</version>
<configuration>
<hostname>localhost</hostname>
<port>9999</port>
<filename>TestApp.war</filename>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>deploy</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
The deployment does work but the problem is that it takes quite a while for the deployment to take place. It is as though it is waiting for something to happen. I just stays there waiting and eventually it does complete.
When it gets to this point it gets stuck.
[INFO] --- jboss-as-maven-plugin:7.0.2.Final:deploy (default) # TestApp---
[INFO] Executing goal deploy on server localhost (127.0.0.1) port 9999.
29-Feb-2012 15:52:15 org.jboss.remoting3.EndpointImpl <clinit>
INFO: JBoss Remoting version 3.2.0.Beta2
29-Feb-2012 15:52:15 org.xnio.Xnio <clinit>
INFO: XNIO Version 3.0.0.Beta2
29-Feb-2012 15:52:15 org.xnio.nio.NioXnio <clinit>
INFO: XNIO NIO Implementation Version 3.0.0.Beta2
[INFO]
In some cases it just gets stuck at the above point and nothing happens unless i press the Carriage Return key on the Jboss console for something to happen.
Environment
Maven 3
Jboss 7.0.2

Answer 1

I just did some tests, with a small helloworld deployment, and didn't experience any slowness or hanging. The initial deployment took about 15 seconds and subsequent redploys took only a few seconds.
My test environment:
Windows 7 64-bit
Apache Maven 3.0.3 (r1075438; 2011-02-28 09:31:09-0800)
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_26-b03)
JBoss AS 7.0.2.Final certified web profile
JBoss AS Maven Plugin 7.0.2.Final