Maven 2 & 3

relative build paths are not path-translated when using prefixed expressions (eg. project.build.directory) in plugin configurations

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example:

  <build>
    <directory>bld</directory>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
        <executions>
          <execution>
            <id>test</id>
            <phase>test</phase>
            <goals>
              <goal>run</goal>
            </goals>
            <configuration>
              <tasks>
                <ant dir="${project.build.directory}/test-classes" antfile="${project.build.directory}/test-classes/test.build.xml" />
              </tasks>
            </configuration>
          </execution>
        </executions>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>

When the antrun plugin executes, the expressions will be resolved with relative paths, not absolute ones (as would be the case if they were run through the pathTranslator).

This is a problem with the interpolation post-processor that handles path translation, because it doesn't have any sensitivity to prefixed expressions. In other words, it'll handle build.directory but not project.build.directory.

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John Casey added a comment -

to be clear, the key points to this issue are the prefixed expression: project.build.directory and the relative build/directory value: bld.

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John Casey added a comment - to be clear, the key points to this issue are the prefixed expression: project.build.directory and the relative build/directory value: bld.
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John Casey added a comment -

One additional point critical to reproducing this problem is to use a String configuration that embeds the expression, rather than having the expression as the whole value or even starting with it...

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John Casey added a comment - One additional point critical to reproducing this problem is to use a String configuration that embeds the expression, rather than having the expression as the whole value or even starting with it...

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