give each execution a different <id> and if you don;t want something inherited by child projects, set <inherited>false
On 18 March 2010 11:38, izak.wessels <izak.wess...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > We would like to invoke different goals on 1 plugin. > > From reading the documentation, it seems that the best way to achieve this > is to setup a profile and specify the same plugin but with a different > goal. > > Here is the 1st time that the plugin is defined in the pom.xml. Take note > of > the goal in this scenario 'check' (This should execute by default) > > <build> > <plugins> > <plugin> > <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> > <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId> > <version>2.4</version> > <executions> > <execution> > <phase>generate-sources</phase> > <goals> > <goal>check</goal> > </goals> > </execution> > </executions> > </plugin> > </plugins> > </build> > > And now for the profile, the goal in this case is 'pmd' : > > <profiles> > <profile> > <id>sonar</id> > <build> > <plugins> > <plugin> > <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> > <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId> > <version>2.4</version> > <executions> > <execution> > <phase>generate-sources</phase> > <goals> > <goal>pmd</goal> > </goals> > </execution> > </executions> > </plugin> > </plugins> > </build> > </profile> > </profiles> > > (Side note : We have to execute it during the generate-sources phase as we > have other plugins that alters the source and any other phase is too late > for this plugin in our environment) > > However, this approach seems to ONLY be valid for the top level. Once it > decends into the child projects, then it seems to merge the goals, 'check' > first & 'pmd' thereafter (which doesn't seem to work correctly - see > http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-4022). The documentation does mention > that stuff will be merged but it fails to mention a.) is it possible to get > around it? and b.) if it is possible, how would one go about it. > > We had a look into execution id's as well, but it seems that they are only > bound to a lifecycle and cannot be used in our scenario. > > Any help would be much appreciated, > > -- izak > > > > > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://n2.nabble.com/How-to-Invoke-different-goals-of-1-plugin-tp4755892p4755892.html > Sent from the maven users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org > >
