dynamically plugable build.properties

[Wim Lambrecht <wi...@schaubroeck.be>]

Hi,
 
I don't want to put my build.properties -file in the home directory of
my project (normally at the same place as the project.properties -file).

 
project1
|- project.xml
|- maven.xml
|- project.properties
|- CONFIG1/build.properties
|- CONFIG2/build.properties
 
So, i want to dynamically switch (copy a config*/build.properties to the
'live' project home directory or something like that via a preGoal in
maven.xml) to a build.properties based on the type of config (config 1
or config2). I want to set this type as a property in the
'project.properties'-file.
 
The problem is that the maven-engine (proces) is already started at the
time of copying, so the copied build.properties isn't used at all.
 
Is this the right way or are there alternatieves ?
 
The reason i'm doing this is dat the properties in the build.properties
are totally different for each CONFIG.
 
TIA
-wil-

RE: dynamically plugable build.properties

[Kai Lilleby <ka...@systemfabrikken.no>]

I had the same problem - and solved it using config spesific properties
files loaded through the following jelly:util tag:
<u:properties file="PATH TO PROPERTIES FILE"/>

Properties in this file will override properties declared else where, the
downside is that you cant make use of maven token-replacement-feature as it
is available in maven-spesific properties files (i.e. the syntax: propertyX
= ${basedir}/propertyY )


----------------------
Kai Lilleby

mob: 930 22 179
kai@systemfabrikken.no
www.systemfabrikken.no




-----Original Message-----
From: Wim Lambrecht [mailto:wil@schaubroeck.be] 
Sent: 5. mai 2004 09:03
To: Maven Users List
Subject: dynamically plugable build.properties


Hi,
 
I don't want to put my build.properties -file in the home directory of my
project (normally at the same place as the project.properties -file).

 
project1
|- project.xml
|- maven.xml
|- project.properties
|- CONFIG1/build.properties
|- CONFIG2/build.properties
 
So, i want to dynamically switch (copy a config*/build.properties to the
'live' project home directory or something like that via a preGoal in
maven.xml) to a build.properties based on the type of config (config 1 or
config2). I want to set this type as a property in the
'project.properties'-file.
 
The problem is that the maven-engine (proces) is already started at the time
of copying, so the copied build.properties isn't used at all.
 
Is this the right way or are there alternatieves ?
 
The reason i'm doing this is dat the properties in the build.properties are
totally different for each CONFIG.
 
TIA
-wil-


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