Ok so lets say i have a profile in my parent which is not activated. If i now
call this profile with my child it will work right? I've tried it and it
seems to work but i'm asking to be sure.


Jörg Schaible-2 wrote:
> 
> Hi kuku,
> 
> kukudas wrote at Mittwoch, 28. Januar 2009 09:24:
> 
>> 
>> I have read in the documentation that the following elements get
>> inherited
>> (merged) :
>> 
>>     * dependencies
>>     * developers and contributors
>>     * plugin lists (including reports)
>>     * plugin executions with matching ids
>>     * plugin configuration
>>     * resources
>> 
>> Is it possible to inherit other elements too like certain profiles ?
>> Thanks in advance .. kuku
> 
> Profiles are not inherited, they get activated. I.e. if a profile get's
> activated in a parent pom, anything that is part of this profile
> definition
> will be inherited as if it had been declared outside of the profile.
> However, the activation of the profile is inherited i.e. if you child POM
> declares a profile with the same profile id but without any activation
> section, it is nevertheless active and you can add or modify other POM
> elements.
> 
> Those commands will help you to visualize the effects:
> 
> mvn help:active-profiles
> mvn help:effective-pom
> 
> - Jörg
> 
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