This is the mail of Chris:
Greetings,
I am looking for guidance on POM inheritance. I know that I can set up a
build system where all common functionality is pulled into a Parent POM, so
that Child POMs can be remarkably small. What I'm uncertain on is how I
override some of the plugins – leaving the others as is. I see that I can
override properties and customize the common plugin use that way. But can I
completely override a particular plugin?? Or perhaps add another plugin?? I
guess I'm looking for the rules of inheritance...
I.e can I override a plugin like this?? Is there a better way to supply
different configuration sets??
Parent POM:
<project>
....
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
....
<artifactId>my-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<something>val1</something>
</configuration>
</plugin>
Child POM
<project>
....
<parent>....</parent>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
....
<artifactId>my-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<something>val2</something>
<somethingelse>val3</somethingelse>
</configuration>
</plugin>
Thanks,
– Chris
And his own follow up mail:
I can now answer this myself.
It appears that m2 does "the right thing" – i.e. what you'd expect
All plugins are inherited from the Parent. To override any Plugin, simply
declare it in the Child. Those you don't declare remain unchanged. All
<configuration> in the overriding Plugin declaration is inherited. And you
can override any config properties or add new ones where necessary.
Powerful, good stuff. This, plus the ability to parameterize with
<properties>, makes it really easy to create a malleable "build system"
good job maven guys 
Cheers,
– Chris
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This is the mail of Chris:
Greetings,
I am looking for guidance on POM inheritance. I know that I can set up a
build system where all common functionality is pulled into a Parent POM, so
that Child POMs can be remarkably small. What I'm uncertain on is how I
override some of the plugins – leaving the others as is. I see that I can
override properties and customize the common plugin use that way. But can I
completely override a particular plugin?? Or perhaps add another plugin?? I
guess I'm looking for the rules of inheritance...
I.e can I override a plugin like this?? Is there a better way to supply
different configuration sets??
Parent POM:
<project>
....
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
....
<artifactId>my-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<something>val1</something>
</configuration>
</plugin>
Child POM
<project>
....
<parent>....</parent>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
....
<artifactId>my-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<something>val2</something>
<somethingelse>val3</somethingelse>
</configuration>
</plugin>
Thanks,
– Chris
And his own follow up mail:
I can now answer this myself.
It appears that m2 does "the right thing" – i.e. what you'd expect
All plugins are inherited from the Parent. To override any Plugin, simply
declare it in the Child. Those you don't declare remain unchanged. All
<configuration> in the overriding Plugin declaration is inherited. And you
can override any config properties or add new ones where necessary.
Powerful, good stuff. This, plus the ability to parameterize with
<properties>, makes it really easy to create a malleable "build system"
good job maven guys
Cheers,
– Chris