How to activate profile by means of maven property?

Question

I\'m trying to activate a maven profile using a property defined inside pom.xml:

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Answer 1

As mentioned in previous answers, profile activation only works with system properties.

But, with a little creativity you can achieve a similar result (conditional plugin execution) using pom properties. To achieve that, use the phase tag of the plugin you want to conditionally execute:

    ...

    
        none
        
        
    

    ...

    

        ...

        
            
            your-plugin
            
                
                    ${run.it}
                
            

            
        

        ...

    

The only difference is that you have to use a phase name instead of true/false. But you can change the property or override it freely as a property.