跳过gmavenplus插件中的编译

Question

I currently work in big project built by Maven which has many integration tests modules which are marked as main (not testing) sources. I am trying to create a profile which would skip compilation of these modules. I expected gmaven plugin to allow "skip" configuration parameter but this is not the case. Is there any way to skip module processing without pointing gmaven plugin to non-existent directory and without copy-paste of all modules except integration tests to a separate profile?

Answer 1

You can put the integration test modules in a separate profile of the parent pom where you list the modules. The profile should be active unless you disable it by setting a property when running the Maven build ( -DskipIntegrationTestModules ). ( Don't use activeByDefault .)

  <modules>
    <module>my-project</module>
  </modules>

  <profiles>
    <profile>
        <id>build-integration-tests</id>
        <activation>
            <property>
                <name>!skipIntegrationTestModules</name>
            </property>
        </activation>       
        <modules>
            <module>my-project-integration-test</module>
        </modules>
    </profile>
  </profiles>

You can find more details in the Maven Introduction to Build Profiles .

You should also know that it can be dangerous to have modules in build profiles because they could be accidentally left out when doing release builds. I think it should be OK in this case because the profile has to be deactivated explicitly.