Yes I understand that. That's why I was suggesting the Maven2 approach
with resources and filters. ;-)

This is all very possible with standard Maven2 usage and xml
configuration files etc. I have presently defined "dev_workstation" as
active, "dev", "qe", and "prod" in my profiles. Hoping to get the full
build, configure, deploy in a single Maven command at some point in
the near future (it hasn't really been a goal for me, so I haven't
bothered to get it working 100% in Maven yet).

Assuming you get your full process in a single command, perhaps post
your pom etc back to the list for other people's usage?

Wayne


On 3/14/06, Sergei Dubov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The point is of course that I am talking about properties files specific
> to the application and not the build process. Just wanted to make it clear.
>
> Serge
>
> Wayne Fay wrote:
> > Simon is right... I simply went "whole hog" with Maven2 as much as
> > possible, and except for the Oc4j deployment via Ant, I have
> > eliminated all "old" ant *.properties files in favor of profiles.
> >
> > So instead of various properties files in various places in my project
> > filesystem, I've got it all contained in a single profile.xml file,
> > and I'm much happier with the centralized management of all properties
> > used in my project.
> >
> > Wayne
> >
> >
> > On 3/14/06, Simon Kitching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >>While Wayne's suggestion is probably better "maven style", I expect you
> >>could also use the maven-antrun-plugin to execute an external ant task
> >>at the process-resources phase.
> >>http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-antrun-plugin/
> >>http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-the-lifecycle.html
> >>http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-configuring-plugins.html
> >>
> >>On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 11:10 -0600, Wayne Fay wrote:
> >>
> >>>Well first off, those properties files need to be placed in
> >>>src/main/resources. Then you need to learn about filtering. ;-)
> >>>
> >>>So what you do is something along these lines...
> >>>/src/main/resources/c3p0.properties
> >>>blah=abc
> >>>yadda=xyz
> >>>server=${c3p0.server}
> >>>
> >>>Then in pom.xml:
> >>>  <build>
> >>>    <resources>
> >>>      <resource>
> >>>        <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
> >>>        <filtering>true</filtering>
> >>>      </resource>
> >>>    </resources>
> >>>  </build>
> >>>
> >>>And then the profile & properties data in pom.xml or profile.xml.
> >>>
> >>>Then finally:
> >>>mvn package -P name1
> >>>
> >>>And the proper variable values will be substituted into your
> >>>properties files during the filter step.
> >>>
> >>>HTH.
> >>>Wayne
> >>>
> >>>On 3/14/06, Sergei Dubov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>But those properties files are referenced by Spring configurations in
> >>>>turn, c3p0.properties is the default for c3p0 connection pool
> >>>>configuration. This all happens after deploying in Tomcat. How would
> >>>>Spring know about Maven configurations when the war file is deployed on
> >>>>a remote server? :-)
> >>>>
> >>>>I am open to other approaches but they have to work for one-stop builds.
> >>>>I clearly want to be able to run a single command and have the app
> >>>>deployed to a remote server with all the necessary configs.
> >>>>
> >>>>Serge
> >>>>
> >>>>Wayne Fay wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>>With a new build environment comes changes to your existing build.
> >>>>>When you moved to Ant, you made these properties files. Now it might
> >>>>>be time to change again if you move to Maven. So just realize upfront
> >>>>>that you will probably have to change.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>The easiest way to achieve your requirements is through the use of
> >>>>>profiles either in pom.xml, settings.xml, or profiles.xml file. Then
> >>>>>you call "mvn -P name1 package" and it uses the variable values you
> >>>>>have defined in the "name1" profile.
> >>>>>See this page for more info:
> >>>>>http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-profiles.html
> >>>>>
> >>>>>If you want to keep your existing properties files and build process,
> >>>>>stay in Ant. You could probably write some complicated plugin to
> >>>>>duplicate what you already have in ANT, but I wouldn't do it.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Wayne
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>On 3/14/06, Sergei Dubov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>I am still trying to get my head around the concept of user profiles
> >>>>>>(using Maven2). Here is what I do in Ant:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>1. Let's say we have a project called "leonardo".
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>2. To work with my Ant process the user is required to have a directory
> >>>>>>called $HOME/.leonardorc and an environment variable called
> >>>>>>$LEONARDO_EXT that contains his current configurational profile.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>3. $HOME/.leonardorc contains customer properties files. Let's say:
> >>>>>>db.properties.${LEONARDO_EXT}, c3p0.properties.${LEONARDO_EXT},
> >>>>>>tomcat.properties.${LEONARDO_EXT}. They all contain configurational info
> >>>>>>specific to that user's current profile (set by LEONARD_EXT).
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>4. The moment a user tries to do something (build, deploy, whatever).
> >>>>>>Some of those files will be copied to the "right" place in the project
> >>>>>>repository, and some will be directly referenced in the Ant build
> >>>>>>script. Of course, the extension of ${LEONARDO_EXT} will be removed upon
> >>>>>>copy.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>I'd really appreciate if somebody could explain to me how to achieve the
> >>>>>>same flexibility with Maven. Note: the above-mentioned property files
> >>>>>>have to be the entities that specify the user configuration.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Thanks a lot beforehand!
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Serge
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>
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