code: private OverriddenCucumberOptionsParameters overrideParametersWithCucumberOptions() throws MojoExecutionException {
  
          try {
              final OverriddenCucumberOptionsParameters overriddenParameters =
                  new OverriddenCucumberOptionsParameters()
                      .setTags(tags)
                      .setGlue(glue)
                      .setStrict(strict)
                      .setPlugins(parseFormatAndPlugins(format, plugins == null ? new ArrayList<Plugin>() : plugins))
                      .setMonochrome(monochrome);
  
  
              if (cucumberOptions != null && cucumberOptions.length() > 0) {
                  final RuntimeOptions options = new RuntimeOptions(cucumberOptions);
                  overriddenParameters
                      .overrideTags(options.getFilters())
                      .overrideGlue(options.getGlue())
                      .overridePlugins(parsePlugins(options.getPluginNames()))
                      .overrideStrict(options.isStrict())
                      .overrideMonochrome(options.isMonochrome());
              }
  
              return overriddenParameters;
          } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
              throw new MojoExecutionException(this, "Invalid parameter. ", e.getMessage());
          }
      }
docs: Overrides the parameters with cucumber.options if they have been specified. Plugins have
  somewhat limited support.