On Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 11:16:34AM -0800, offbyone wrote: > Ok, I hear you, profiles are evil. BUT I still don't understand the > alternative so let me give a specific and tangible example and maybe you can > explain a specific alternative. > > I am currently deploying my product in a tomcat/linux environment as a war > file. My webapp is driven by a set of spring configuration files using the > Spring context loader. For example, one of those spring configuration files > is called LookAndFeel.xml. It sets attributes like colors of the user > interface. I love using this type of configuration driven design because it > lets me swap out the entire look and feel just by changing a config file. > > There are many deployments of my application on different systems and each > one has a different look and feel configuration file. So, I was planning to > have a different maven profile for each deployment and have the profile > automatically push the correct LookAndFeel.xml into the war archive. > > So specifically how do I accomplish this this in maven without using > profiles?
Better you don't. Should I assume that LookAndFeel.xml is something that you design for the customer, rather than (as I first thought) something the customer is supposed to customize on-site? Then the problem is that you are using Maven as a packaging tool. That's not what it is; it's a build tool. Packaging is a different stage. You could keep a copy of deployment X's LookAndFeel with your other records for deployment X, or keep them all in one directory. Yank the custom values out of a database, or write a wizard to step someone through the customization process, and create a LookAndFeel on the fly with e.g. XSL-T when you are packaging your generic Maven-built artifacts for deployment X. The point is that customization is not part of the product; it's part of the deployment. Maven builds your product. You need something else for deployment. -- Mark H. Wood, Lead System Programmer mw...@iupui.edu When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. -- Maslow
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