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:

<project>

    ...

    <properties>
        <run.it>none</run.it>
        <!-- <run.it>compile</run.it> -->
        <!-- <run.it>package</run.it> -->
    </properties>

    ...

    <build>

        ...

        <plugins>
            <plugin>
            <artifactId>your-plugin</artifactId>
            <executions>
                <execution>
                    <phase>${run.it}</phase>
                </execution>
            </executions>

            </plugin>
        </plugins>

        ...

    </build>

</project>

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.