What is the difference between maven parameter with double quotes ("") and without it

Asked May 13 '15 at 19:22

Active May 13 '15 at 19:40

Viewed 165 times

I was having problems with a maven plugin in my work. after debugging the issue I found that one of the parameters was not being parsed correctly.

<additionalparam>
    -d "${project.build.directory}/apidocs"
</additionalparam>

So I tried removing the double quotes symbols, and then all work as expected.

<additionalparam>
    -d ${project.build.directory}/apidocs
</additionalparam>

The parameter with double quotes was parsing to this string.

"C:UsersJohnDocumentsconnector\target/apidocs"

and the other one

"C:\Users\John\Documents\slack-connector\target/apidocs"

Does maven evaluate the parameter when quoted?

Thanks.

edited May 13 '15 at 19:40

asked May 13 '15 at 19:22

1

Because java strings use the backslash as an escape. Looks like it's being evaluated when quoted. – Dave Newton May 13 '15 at 19:29
do not put additional information in the comments, **edit** the question and put them there, if they are in the comments they might as well not be there to begin with – May 13 '15 at 19:32
Thanks Dave, Maven evaluate parameters when quoted. – Juan Martin Desimoni May 13 '15 at 19:38

0 Answers0