Thank you all for your answers I tried adding the following to my pom.xml
<properties> <database.driver>oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver</database.driver> <database.url>${database.url}</database.url> <database.username>${database.username}</database.username> <database.password>${database.password}</database.password> </properties> And tried reading with System.getProperty("database.username"), but it gave me null. The reason for the ${database.url} and so on, is that it gets its values from either a default settings.xml or a user specific settings.xml, and that is how I need it to be. We are already using the sql-maven-plugin to bootstrap the database, but it only gets run once before all junit tests are run, and that is not what I need, I need it to run for every test to ensure a clean database. I can easily make some code that drops my tables and so on, but I need the correct database properties from the correct settings.xml. Bernd you talked about making a plugin that gets called before every test, how can I do this? Med venlig hilsen / Kind regards Søren Krogh Neigaard Systems Engineer Søren Frichs Vej 39, 8000 Aarhus C Denmark Mobile +4541965252 soeren.krogh.neiga...@systematic.com www.systematic.com -----Original Message----- From: bernd.adamow...@external.icw-global.com [mailto:bernd.adamow...@external.icw-global.com] Sent: 4. februar 2010 11:59 To: Maven Users List Subject: Re: Read properties from pom.xml from Java Sounds like this might help you: - Create a Maven plugin which is executed in any phase >>bevore<< test, e.g. 'generate-test-resources'. This will make it possible to set up the database. This plugin might help for starting the database (only if you're using HSQL): http://gforge.openehealth.org/gf/project/development/wiki/?pagename=Documentation+HSQLDB+plugin , but there are others, too. - Reading of POM-properties inside a Maven plugin is easy and described here: http://www.sonatype.com/books/mvnref-book/reference/writing-plugins-sect-mojo-params.html#writing-plugins-sect-param-values However, the scenario described by you clearly indicates that this is not a unit test instead it is an integration test where other rules/plugins might apply, e.g. maven-invoker-plugin. But this would recommend a restructuring of your project and might not be what you want. Bernd Søren Krogh Neigaard <soeren.krogh.neiga...@systematic.com> wrote on 04.02.2010 09:59:26: > [image removed] > > Read properties from pom.xml from Java > > Søren Krogh Neigaard > > to: > > users > > 04.02.2010 10:00 > > Please respond to "Maven Users List" > > Hi > > > > I have been tossed into a maven controlled project. We run our junit > tests from Eclipse and also on our build server. When ever they are > run, some maven magic happens so that username/password/driver/url > for the dabase is correctly set for the user pc or the buildserver. > However I need to make a small helper class for my junit tests that > wipes the database and loads some testdata on the database for every > junit test. > > > > The username/password/driver/url for the database is set in the > pom.xml file by maven. How do I read these values from my Java helper class? > > > > Best regards > > Søren > > > InterComponentWare AG: Vorstand: Peter Kirschbauer (Vors.), Jörg Stadler / Aufsichtsratsvors.: Prof. Dr. Christof Hettich Firmensitz: 69190 Walldorf, Industriestraße 41 / AG Mannheim HRB 351761 / USt.-IdNr.: DE 198388516 = --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org