When you execute
mvn tomcat:deploy
you're NOT executing the build lifecycle but only the specify plugin
goal. Thus, your plugin that loads the props is not executed.

/Anders

On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 17:35, Maven User <maven.2.u...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all -
>
> Quick question, I think there's some confusion on my end.
>
> We have a plugin that loads properties into the reactor so they're available
> for things like resource processing, various other plugins, etc.
>
> However, when using the tomcat plugin directly on the command line (such as
> mvn tomcat:deploy), the properties are not expanded when they've come from a
> property file.
>
> If we use the standard plugin configuration and bind the deployment to a
> particular lifecycle goal with an execution, the property is expanded
> successfully.
>
> What are we doing wrong/what are we missing?
>
> When the tomcat goals are called on the command line, it's as if they skip
> several steps but grab things from activated profiles and <properties>
> blocks.
>
> Suggestions?
>

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