How to execute maven plugin execution directly from command line?

105
votes

I have a plugin (antrun) with an execution configured which has an id and is not bound to any phase. Can I execute this execution directly from the command line? 

<plugin>
  <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
  <executions>
    <execution>
      <id>my-execution</id>
      ...
    </execution>
  </executions>
</plugin>

An run it with something like:

mvn my-execution

or at least

mvn magicplugin:execute -DexecutionId=my-execution
3
mavenmaven-2

3 Answers

147
votes

This functionality has been implemented as MNG-5768, and is available in Maven 3.3.1.

The change will:

extend direct plugin invocation syntax to allow optional @execution-id parameter, e.g., org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-remote-resources-plugin:1.0:process@executionId.

So, in your case:

mvn antrun:run

uses the default-cli execution ID, and:

mvn antrun:run@my-execution

uses the execution configured in your pom.

65
votes

The most direct means of executing your maven plugin is to specify the plugin goal directly on the command line.

mvn groupId:artifactId:version:goal

More information at: Development guide for Maven plugins

17
votes

What you're looking for is captured in Default+Plugin+Execution+IDs but to my knowledge currently not supported. However, according to the comments of MNG-3401 (read them until the end):

for mojos invoked directly from the command line, you can supply configuration from the POM using the executionId: 'default-cli' like this:

<plugin>
  <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
  <executions>
    <execution>
      <id>default-cli</id>
      <configuration>
        <descriptorRefs>
          <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
          <descriptorRef>project</descriptorRef>
        </descriptorRefs>
      </configuration>
    </execution>
  </executions>
</plugin>

This should work in Maven 2.2.0 and 3.x.

Maybe this will be enough for you.