I found a workaround by declaring the toolsJar property in the project properties instead of the profile itself. I suppose I was looking for "local" profile properties which obviously is not a thing in Maven ;-)
Gary On Sun, Aug 1, 2021 at 1:35 PM Gary Gregory <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All: > > I want to use a property in a profile in a Java 8 Maven 3.8.1 project, but > it does not work within a file activation element. In the example below > this file activation works: > > <exists>${java.home}/../lib/tools.jar</exists> > > but this one does not: > > <exists>${toolsJar}</exists> > > The profile: > > <profiles> > <profile> > <id>jdk9</id> > <activation> > <jdk>[1.9,)</jdk> > </activation> > <!-- No dependencies needed by Jigsaw --> > <dependencies /> > </profile> > <profile> > <id>default-jdk</id> > <properties> > <toolsJar>${java.home}/../lib/tools.jar</toolsJar> > </properties> > <activation> > <file> > <!-- ${toolsJar} does not work here. --> > <exists>${java.home}/../lib/tools.jar</exists> > </file> > </activation> > <dependencies> > <dependency> > <groupId>jdk.tools</groupId> > <artifactId>jdk.tools</artifactId> > <scope>system</scope> > <version>8</version> > <systemPath>${toolsJar}</systemPath> > </dependency> > </dependencies> > </profile> > </profiles> > > Am I doing something wrong? > > Gary > >
