In Maven, how to run a plugin based on a specific profile

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mandy picture mandy · Apr 2, 2012 · Viewed 44.7k times · Source

I have a Maven project that has 3 modules. These are built by the parent pom.xml

I now have a requirement that I need to run one plugin from inside one of the sub modules' pom.xml files based on the profile selected.

How can I specify that this plugin should only run when a certain profile is used in build?

Answer

nwinkler picture nwinkler · Apr 2, 2012

Please read the documentation on build profiles here: http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-profiles.html

You basically need to define a profile in your sub-module's POM and include that plugin in the profile's plugin section. Using the plugin's execution tag, you can define which build phase the plugin should run in.

See here for an example: Using maven profiles to control build execution

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