Maven stuff

First off, here is a page that contains some global maven properties. Some best practices.

Deploy lib to local maven repo

mvn install:install-file -Dfile=target/eyjafjalla.apklib -DgroupId=com.example -DartifactId=eyjafjalla -Dversion=1 -Dpackaging=apklib

Running maven with profiles:

mvn groupId:artifactId:goal -P profile-1,profile-2

Deactivating profiles:

mvn groupId:artifactId:goal -P !profile-1,!profile-2

This can be used to deactivate profiles marked as activeByDefault or profiles that would otherwise be activated through their activation config.

Available properties:

mvn help:system

By default run all tests, but this can be disabled:

<profile>
    <id>by_default_run_all_tests</id>
    <activation>
        <property>
            <name>!notest</name>
        </property>
    </activation>
    <properties>
        <notest>false</notest>
    </properties>
</profile>
...
<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>2.6</version>
    <configuration>
        <skip>${notest}</skip>
        <skipTests>false</skipTests>
    </configuration>
</plugin>

Run with

mvn install -Dnotest

Related stackoverflow question

Or more generic default overridable parameter:

<profile>
    <id>by_default_copy_poker_assets</id>
    <activation>
        <property>
            <name>!noassetoverwrite</name>
        </property>
    </activation>
    <properties>
        <overwrite_poker_asset>true</overwrite_poker_asset>
    </properties>
</profile>

<profile>
    <id>do_not_copy_poker_assets</id>
    <activation>
        <property>
            <name>noassetoverwrite</name>
        </property>
    </activation>
    <properties>
        <overwrite_poker_asset>false</overwrite_poker_asset>
    </properties>
</profile>

Execute shell command:

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
    <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>1.1.1</version>
    <executions>
        <execution>
            <id>some-execution</id>
            <phase>validate</phase>
            <goals>
                <goal>exec</goal>
            </goals>
        </execution>
    </executions>
    <configuration>
        <executable>python</executable>
        <workingDirectory>${project.basedir}/..</workingDirectory>
        <arguments>
            <argument>~/Rockaway/file_date_check/file_date_check.py</argument>
        </arguments>
    </configuration>
</plugin>