another solution is to use different parent poms. Have a parent pom defining
all you need for that certain type. Each type refers to the proper parent
pom. You can even have a master parent pom above those parent pom for things
that are equal for all types.

regards,

Wim

2006/4/7, Wayne Fay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> Sounds like a reasonable profile activation method. File a JIRA
> Enhancement request.
>
> Wayne
>
> On 4/7/06, John Didion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > That would be a lovely solution...unfortunately the property activation
> > refers to system properties (i.e. specified on the command line), not
> > project properties.
> >
> > I think you're right about packaging. It would be great to have a
> > <packaging> profile activation.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Tim Kettler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 10:51 PM
> > > To: Maven Users List
> > > Subject: Re: Can I activate a profile based on module type?
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I never tried this but I think this could/should work:
> > >
> > > 1. You define the profiles in your parent pom like this
> > >
> > > <profiles>
> > >    <profile>
> > >      <id>library</id>
> > >      <activation>
> > >        <property>
> > >          <name>moduletype</name>
> > >          <value>jar</value>
> > >        </property>
> > >      </activation>
> > >      ...
> > >    </profile>
> > >
> > >    <profile>
> > >      <id>webapp</id>
> > >      <activation>
> > >        <property>
> > >          <name>moduletype</name>
> > >          <value>war</value>
> > >        </property>
> > >      </activation>
> > >      ...
> > >    </profile>
> > > </profiles>
> > >
> > > 2. In your modules you then define the property as needed
> > >
> > > <properties>
> > >    <moduletype>lib</moduletype>
> > > </properties>
> > >
> > > The most elegant solution would be to not use a custom defined
> > property at
> > > all but the
> > > vaule of the <packaging/> element of the module poms but I don't know
> > if
> > > the content is
> > > made available as a property.
> > >
> > > -Tim
> > >
> > > John Didion schrieb:
> > > > I have a project with several different types of modules - some are
> > > > libraries (stand-alone jars), some are wars, some are executables
> > (jars
> > > > plus some extra plugins to generate batch files and create an
> > assembly).
> > > > I would like to put the configuration for all these different
> > project
> > > > types in to my top-level pom, and then have each module activate
> > only
> > > > the plugin configurations that apply to its type. Profiles seem a
> > > > natural way to do this, but I can't find any way to explicitly
> > activate
> > > > them from a module.
> > > >
> > > > Using the activeProfiles element in settings.xml doesn't make sense
> > > > since the profile I want to activate will differ depending on the
> > > > module. I tried using a profiles.xml and setting the activeProfiles
> > > > there, but unfortunately that only applies to the profiles defined
> > in
> > > > profiles.xml.
> > > >
> > > > Is there another way to do what I want?
> > > >
> > > > Here's an example:
> > > >
> > > > pom.xml
> > > > -------------
> > > > <project>
> > > >
> > > >   <groupId>test</groupId>
> > > >   <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
> > > >
> > > >   <profile>
> > > >     <id>library</id>
> > > >     <pluginManagement>
> > > >       <plugins>
> > > >         <plugin>
> > > >           <groupId>foo</groupId>
> > > >           <artifactId>foo</artifactId>
> > > >           <configuration>
> > > >               ...
> > > >            </configuration>
> > > >         </plugin>
> > > >       </plugins>
> > > >     </pluginManagement>
> > > >   </profile>
> > > >
> > > >   <profile>
> > > >     <id>webapp</id>
> > > >     <pluginManagement>
> > > >       <plugins>
> > > >         <plugin>
> > > >           <groupId>foo</groupId>
> > > >           <artifactId>foo</artifactId>
> > > >           <configuration>
> > > >               ... (different than the library profile's
> > configuration)
> > > >            </configuration>
> > > >         </plugin>
> > > >       </plugins>
> > > >     </pluginManagement>
> > > >   </profile>
> > > >
> > > > </project>
> > > >
> > > > child/pom.xml
> > > > ---------------------
> > > > <project>
> > > >   <parent>
> > > >     <groupId>test</groupId>
> > > >     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
> > > >   </parent>
> > > >   <groupId>test</groupId>
> > > >   <artifactId>child</artifactId>
> > > >
> > > >   ...what do I do here to activate the library profile?...
> > > > </project>
> > > >
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