conditionally execute maven plugins

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I have some Maven plugins configured in my pom.xml. I only want to execute these plugins if the tests are being run (tests may be skipped using either -Dmaven.test.skip=true or -DskipTests).

One of these plugins is bound to the process-classes build lifecycle phase and the other is bound to the pre-integration-test phase.

I had a similar situation where I wanted to have a plug-in _(tomcat7-maven-plugin)_ available for use in local development, but not referenced in a CI build _(TeamCity, using only approved artifacts from an Artifactory repo)_. I added a `profile` element with `id=localhost-server` as suggested by @tenshi, but excluded the `activation` element. I then added an `activeProfile` element to my `settings.xml` so that it would only be active in my local environment. — Ryan Ransford, Apr 08 '13 at 14:13
Please see my post with a detailed example. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7513319/maven-command-line-arguments/33807842#33807842 — Abhishek2k6, Nov 19 '15 at 15:29

score 56 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '13 at 18:49

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You can use profile with special activation conditions like this:

<project>
  ...
  <profiles>
    <profile>
      <id>my-test-plugins</id>

      <activation>
        <property><name>!maven.test.skip</name></property>
        <property><name>!skipTests</name></property>
      </activation>
      <build>
        <plugins>

      <!-- define your plugins here -->

        </plugins>
      </build>
    </profile>
  </profiles>
</project>

More info you can find here:

http://books.sonatype.com/mvnref-book/reference/profiles-sect-activation.html

edited May 23 '13 at 18:49

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answered Mar 26 '11 at 15:12

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Thanks for the link to the Maven book. Really helpful to learn beyond what was asked/answered here. – Marcel Stör Jul 28 '12 at 11:23
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How do I use IF conditions without using profile, since they aren't suitable for me? Basically, I have set of profiles for the whole project. For one submodule I need to choose configuration for aspect-j plugin based on the current profile. How can I do that with the proposed model, not sure... – Zorkus Jun 26 '13 at 10:49
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Does this actually work? It looks like you can only have one element within . – Marplesoft May 22 '14 at 16:26
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this is fine if only 1 profile needs the plugin but what if i need to run the same plugin in 2 different profiles and i dont want to duplicate the code? – Or Gal Feb 18 '15 at 13:53
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Seems this answers how to conditionally activate a profile. But that was not the original question. The original question was how to conditionally activate a plugin (one of the plugins in the profile, not all of them) – inor Apr 23 '17 at 15:47
Does not work: `Non-parseable POM /path/to/pom.xml: Duplicated tag: 'name'` – ach Aug 14 '20 at 17:23

score -3 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 03 '15 at 16:16

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the last example worked only when I set also value:

<property>
  <name>wsdl2java</name>
  <value>true</value>
</property>

edited Feb 03 '15 at 16:16

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answered Feb 03 '15 at 15:48

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