In maven - how to rename the output .war file based on the name of the profile in use

Question

I have three profiles in my pom.xml for our application...

1. dev (for use on a developer\'s)
2. qa (for use on our internal qa server)
3. prod (produ

Answer 1

You've answered yourself correctly:

    
        dev
        
            dev
        
    
    
        qa
        
            qa
        
    
    
        prod
        
            prod
        
    

but there is a simpler way to redefine WAR name:

    ${rp.build.warname}-somearbitraryname
    

No maven-war-plugin is needed.