Maven : Is it possible to override the configuration of a plugin already defined for a profile in a parent POM
- by Guillaume Cernier
In a POM parent file of my project, I have such a profile defining some configurations useful for this project (so that I can't get rid of this parent POM) :
<profile>
<id>wls7</id>
...
<build>
<plugins>
<!-- use java 1.4 -->
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<fork>true</fork>
<source>1.4</source>
<target>1.4</target>
<meminitial>128m</meminitial>
<maxmem>1024m</maxmem>
<executable>%${jdk14.executable}</executable>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
...
</profile>
But in my project I just would like to override the configuration of the maven-compiler-plugin in order to use jdk5 instead of jdk4 for compiling test-classes.
That's why I did this section in the POM of my project :
<profiles>
<profile>
<id>wls7</id>
<activation>
<property>
<name>jdk</name>
<value>4</value>
</property>
</activation>
<build>
<directory>target-1.4</directory>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>my-testCompile</id>
<phase>test-compile</phase>
<goals>
<goal>testCompile</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<fork>true</fork>
<executable>${jdk15.executable}</executable>
<compilerVersion>1.5</compilerVersion>
<source>1.5</source>
<target>1.5</target>
<verbose>true</verbose>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</profile>
...
</profiles>
and it's not working ...
I even tried to override the configuration in regular plugin sections of my POM (I mean, not for a specific profile but for my whole POM).
What could be the problem ?
To clarify some of my requirements :
I don't want to get rid of the parent
POM and the profile (wls7) defined
inside it (since I need many and many
properties, configurations, ...) and
that is not the process in my
company.
A solution based on duplicating
the parent POM and/or the profile
defined inside it is not a good
one. Since if the responsible of
the parent POM change something, I
would have to report it in mine.
It's just an inheritance matter (extend or override a profile, a configuration from an upper-level POM) so I think it should be possible with maven2.
