Question about -D

[jj...@lexmark.com]

Is the -D option only for sending system properties to Maven itself, or can
I set properties that my testcases can see when I run them via "maven test"
?

In the Eclipse IDE, I can add "-Dmyproperty=foo" to the "VM Arguments" and
my testcase can call System.getProperty() to get the value.

I was trying to achieve the same thing with a Maven command line, like this
but the System.getProperty() and even
System.getProperties().list(System.out); show that it's not set when the
testcase runs.

      maven test:single -Dtestcase=com.yadda.SystemPropertyTest
-Dmyproperty=foo

Am I using it wrong or was it even meant for this?
-Jeff



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