In POM we have a version number of the project as <version>1.4</version>
Instead of hardcoding it each time I take a new build, I would like to replace it with the one entered by the user when he takes a buld using maven. I want the user to enter the version number, which will be used placed in maven's pom.xml and then used by Maven. So this is like modifying the pom dynamically. I was thinking to call a ant task (which in turn calls a shell script asking for the user to enter the version number) from within the pom when the user executes the *mvn install* command. Is all this possible with the approach above? How do I call a ant task that runs BEFORE maven proceeds for all other stuff. Similar to a constructor that is executed when you create a java object, i want this task to be run. Please help. One more thing: When you execute mvn install, Maven looks for java classes in this default directory for the compile phase <project_home>/src/main/java/com/<java_files> test phase <project_home>/src/test/java/com/<java_files> How do I override this directory structure, and make maven look for the java classes in the place that I decide.
