conditionally execute maven plugins

Question

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.ski

Answer 1

You can use profile with special activation conditions like this:

  ...
  
    
      my-test-plugins

      
        !maven.test.skip
        !skipTests
      
      
        

      

        
      
    
  

More info you can find here:

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