Please read my answer to a slightly different question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14725197/reading-properties-file-from-pom-file-in-maven/14727072#14727072
The question is different, but if you understand the answer I wrote, you will have the answer to your question. On 7 February 2014 04:45, Shahim Essaid <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Is it possible to activate a profile programmatically from a Mojo (or a > plugin lifecycle extension) in Maven 3? I am trying to understand whether > or not I can add the "build.plugins" from an inherited (but inactive) > profile to the currently executing project during the validate phase. I > know I can do this with a custom ProfileActivator but I'd really like to do > this in a plugin to simplify sharing this functionality. I don't mind if > this involves using some internal APIs but I don't know where to start > looking. Any tips are greatly appreciated. > > Best, > Shahim >
