On Aug 18, 2008, at 2:51 PM, John Casey wrote:
Maven does make the development process simpler in many ways, but it's a mistake to think that every possible activity in that process will be simpler. Obviously, the power Maven brings in terms of dependency handling, standardized lifecycles and lifecycle vocabulary, etc. will be completely irrelevant for this use case.
But isn't this a pretty common use case? I mean, launching a Java application happens pretty often in most Java development life cycles. You can only go so far with unit tests; eventually you need to run the thing and see how it looks.
Even if this were an atypical use case, in Ant there are mechanisms for reducing complex blocks of code to simple statements. MacroDef and PreSetDef, for example. Is there a similar mechanism in Maven?
Trevor P.S. Your "exec:java" trick works; thanks! --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
