maven-antrun-plugin: Need phase indenedence and/or conditional processing

[Farrukh S. Najmi]

I am using maven-antrun-plugin in my pom to run a java program.
I do not need it to be tied to any phase.
All I need is to be able to run it on demand by specifying an
appropriate goal and some command line options using -D.

So far I am able make it work but only if it is tied to a phase. See my
pom at:

<http://ebxmlrr.sourceforge.net/private/pom.xml>

Ideally I wish it not be tied to a phase and instead tied to a task name
that I can invoke from the command line.
If it must be tied to a phase then I would like to have conditional
processing in the ant task
so that if certain required properties are not set in command line I can
simply skip the execution of
the core steps in the ant task silently.

I feel I am close. Any idea how to get the phase independent execution
and/or conditional execution?

Thanks in advance.

[Napoleon Esmundo Ramirez]

Hello,

As far as NOT binding a goal to a phase is concerned, all you have to do is
configure the plugin and don't declare any execution. In your case, instead
of placing <configuration> inside <execution>, place it directly under
<plugin>, and remove <executions> then you can explicitly invoke it using
`mvn antrun:run'. You can verify the plugin configuration syntax at the pom
technical reference at
http://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-model/maven.html#class_plugin .

As for the conditional execution, you may have been referring to profiles.
Specific parameters/properties passed through the command line may activate
a profile. More details at
http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-profiles.html .

Cheers!
Nap

Post by Farrukh S. Najmi
I am using maven-antrun-plugin in my pom to run a java program.
I do not need it to be tied to any phase.
All I need is to be able to run it on demand by specifying an
appropriate goal and some command line options using -D.
So far I am able make it work but only if it is tied to a phase. See my
<http://ebxmlrr.sourceforge.net/private/pom.xml>
Ideally I wish it not be tied to a phase and instead tied to a task name
that I can invoke from the command line.
If it must be tied to a phase then I would like to have conditional
processing in the ant task
so that if certain required properties are not set in command line I can
simply skip the execution of
the core steps in the ant task silently.
I feel I am close. Any idea how to get the phase independent execution
and/or conditional execution?
Thanks in advance.
--
Regards,
Farrukh
Web: http://www.wellfleetsoftware.com
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[vetalok]

Wayne Fay, thanks a million!
I had the problem like this and could not find the solution - I just want to
turn off some plugin and this is was very difficult to find the solution...
Your advice is very useful!
It saved me a lot of time.
Thanks!

Post by Napoleon Esmundo Ramirez
Hello,
As far as NOT binding a goal to a phase is concerned, all you have to do is
configure the plugin and don't declare any execution. In your case, instead
of placing <configuration> inside <execution>, place it directly under
<plugin>, and remove <executions> then you can explicitly invoke it using
`mvn antrun:run'. You can verify the plugin configuration syntax at the pom
technical reference at
http://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-model/maven.html#class_plugin .
As for the conditional execution, you may have been referring to profiles.
Specific parameters/properties passed through the command line may activate
a profile. More details at
http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-profiles.html .
Cheers!
Nap

Post by Farrukh S. Najmi
I am using maven-antrun-plugin in my pom to run a java program.
I do not need it to be tied to any phase.
All I need is to be able to run it on demand by specifying an
appropriate goal and some command line options using -D.
So far I am able make it work but only if it is tied to a phase. See my
<http://ebxmlrr.sourceforge.net/private/pom.xml>
Ideally I wish it not be tied to a phase and instead tied to a task name
that I can invoke from the command line.
If it must be tied to a phase then I would like to have conditional
processing in the ant task
so that if certain required properties are not set in command line I can
simply skip the execution of
the core steps in the ant task silently.
I feel I am close. Any idea how to get the phase independent execution
and/or conditional execution?
Thanks in advance.
--
Regards,
Farrukh
Web: http://www.wellfleetsoftware.com
---------------------------------------------------------------------

[Wayne Fay]

I would not use maven-antrun-plugin in this case. Instead I would just
use Ant with a build.xml file.

Then if you need to use this Ant task during your build, you can call
it from m-a-p.

Wayne

Post by Farrukh S. Najmi
I am using maven-antrun-plugin in my pom to run a java program.
I do not need it to be tied to any phase.
All I need is to be able to run it on demand by specifying an
appropriate goal and some command line options using -D.
So far I am able make it work but only if it is tied to a phase. See my
<http://ebxmlrr.sourceforge.net/private/pom.xml>
Ideally I wish it not be tied to a phase and instead tied to a task name
that I can invoke from the command line.
If it must be tied to a phase then I would like to have conditional
processing in the ant task
so that if certain required properties are not set in command line I can
simply skip the execution of
the core steps in the ant task silently.
I feel I am close. Any idea how to get the phase independent execution
and/or conditional execution?
Thanks in advance.
--
Regards,
Farrukh
Web: http://www.wellfleetsoftware.com
---------------------------------------------------------------------