Details
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Type:
New Feature
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Status:
Closed
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Priority:
Major
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Resolution: Fixed
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Affects Version/s: 2.0
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Fix Version/s: 2.0.1
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Component/s: None
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Labels:None
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Environment:Red Hat Linux, Java 5, Maven 2
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Complexity:Intermediate
Description
Maven should allow environment variables to be referenced; similar to Java System properties. Ant allows this to be done using the following syntax:
<property environment="env"/>
${env.CATALINA_BASE}
where CATALINA_BASE has been defined like:
export CATALINA_BASE=$HOME/tomcat
In Maven, an example use for signing jars might be:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>sign</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<keystore>${env.KEYSTORE_FILE}</keystore>
<storepass>${env.KEYSTORE_PASS}</storepass>
<alias>${env.KEYSTORE_ALIAS}</alias>
<jarPath>${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}.jar</jarPath>
</configuration>
</plugin>
where KEYSTORE_FILE, KEYSTORE_PASS, and KEYSTORE_ALIAS are environment variables.
It would also be very useful to have environment variables available when defining filter properties files. For instance:
# application.properties
deploy.dir=${env.CATALINA_BASE}/webapps
Environment variables can be referenced in Java like:
Map<String, String> environmentVariables = java.lang.System.getenv();
Issue Links
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MNG-3940
Interpolation of environment variables is not case-insensitive on Windows
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Can you check if Runtime.exec( "set" ) will print the list of environment variables for your OS ? Thanks.