是的，您可以使用它。我尝试过，它对tomcat 9有效

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId>
    <artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>2.2</version>
    <configuration>
        <url>http://localhost:8080/manager/text</url>
        <server>TomcatServer</server>
        <path>/myapp</path>
    </configuration>
</plugin>

Maven目标：

mvn tomcat7:deploy
mvn tomcat7:undeploy
mvn tomcat7:redeploy

注意：不要忘记在tomcat-users.xml和maven settings.xml中添加tomcat用户。

tomcat-user.xml

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<tomcat-users>
  <role rolename="manager-gui"/>
  <role rolename="manager-script"/>
  <user username="admin" password="password" roles="manager-gui,manager-script" />
</tomcat-users>

manager-script 角色使应用程序（例如maven）能够将jar / war部署到应用程序服务器。

Maven文件settings.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<settings ...>
    <servers>
        <server>
            <id>TomcatServer</id>
            <username>admin</username>
            <password>password</password>
        </server>
    </servers>
</settings>