Add the following fragment to your pom file to execute the chartableconverter plugin as part of the the specified phase. Modify the Table.utf-16 file specified to your own file.
<project> ... <build> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.freehep</groupId> <artifactId>freehep-chartableconverter-plugin</artifactId> <executions> <execution> <id>Table</id> <phase>generate-sources</phase> <goals> <goal>generate</goal> </goals> <configuration> <source>Table.utf-16</source> </configuration> </execution> </executions> <configuration> <packageName>com.yourcompany</packageName> </configuration> </plugin> </plugins> </build> ... </project>