Profiles

Links

Command Line

To select a different profile use the -P parameter.

e.g. this command will use the create-wrapper-3-2-0 profile rather than the active profile:

mvn clean package -P create-wrapper-3-2-0

Diagnostics

mvn help:active-profiles

This goal can be combined with other parameters e.g.

mvn -P skip-test help:active-profiles

POM

To specify a profile within the pom.xml file:

<profiles>
        <profile>
                <id>my-local</id>
                <activation>
                        <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
                </activation>
                <build>
                        <finalName>myapp</finalName>
                </build>
        </profile>

I haven’t tested this… just found it while browsing around.

Settings

To create a profile in the settings.xml file:

<settings>
  <profiles>
    <profile>
      <id>skip-test</id>
      <properties>
        <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip>
      </properties>
    </profile>
  </profiles>
</settings>

To set the active profile:

<settings>
  <activeProfiles>
    <activeProfile>skip-test</activeProfile>
  </activeProfiles>
  <profiles>
    <profile>
      <id>skip-test</id>

For more information on the settings file, Settings.