如何从pom.xml中的setting.xml文件引用密码

Question

I've got a maven project that requires a password to login before performing any actions. Maven says that we should maintain passwords in a server stanza in the settings.xml file under the ~/.m2 directory, preferably with the password encrypted. What the documentation doesn't address is how to reference those passwords, specifically from the pom.xml . Does anyone know how that can be done? If it can't be referenced from the pom is it possible to reference it directly in the code?

Answer 1

I have the same need. For me, I wanted to used an encrypted password as a config parameter to a plugin. I came across a plugin that reportedly supports this: com.github.shyiko.servers-maven-extension. Caveat: Untested by me as of yet.