On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Sony Antony <[email protected]> wrote: > 1. Is it possible to have multiple profiles to be active at the same time ? > If true, what if two profiles - both active - define conflicting > informations ( say the same plugin is configured differently ) >
Yes. The child would override the parents, and then it's either the first wins or last wins, but I would have to test to be sure. > 2. When is teh decision to activate a profiletaken . Before teh very first > phase is begun ? ( validation ) > ( IOW, does maven make teh decision to activate a profile, even before the > validation phase starts ? ) > > 3. We have a module that contains a bunch of xsd schemas. We would like to > compile these only if something has changed. > I understand that I can put a <module> inside a profile, which is activated > only when something changes. > Before, when the model is being resolved. > But I couldnt find any way to communicate to maven that the profile needs to > be activated <activation> only had a limited things to check. ( like file > exists, OS etc. ) > > Can somebody suggest a solution > Profiles aren't meant to work this way, they are more intended for alternate configurations or different os builds etc. > > 4. Is it possible to execute a goal more than once during teh same phase ? ( > without resorting to antrun ) > Yes, just bind the plugin in two executions to the same phase. They should run in the order defined. > --sony > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
