Changing packaging based on active profile in pom

Question

I have a project which I compile with maven. I have different profiles declared in pom.xml. For some of these profiles, I prefer building a war, and for other profiles I pre

Answer 1

I don't think you can.

Two alternatives I can think of:

• have two separate modules for packaging, and call one of those depending on profile
• have your module in war and tweak the lifecycle (include/exclude build steps) depending on profile to produce your jar or your war

I like the second approach better - a build server would probably build both, and a developer would use the proper profiles/settings to skip the unwanted type.