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  1. POIs it possible to define a Maven 3 profile (and its activation policy) in one place and reuse it later?
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    copied!<p>My build process is very complex and I need to perform a few actions when running in Windows and a few in Linux, and those actions need to be placed in many different POMs.</p> <p>I know I can activate a certain profile according to the OS. But all examples I find include taking action inside the <code>&lt;profiles&gt; ... &lt;/profiles&gt;</code> tags, which also include the activation criteria for those profiles. What I'm trying to avoid is having to declare many sections like this:</p> <p>POM 1:</p> <pre><code>&lt;/profiles&gt; &lt;profile&gt; &lt;activation&gt; &lt;os&gt; &lt;family&gt;Windows&lt;/family&gt; &lt;arch&gt;x86&lt;/arch&gt; &lt;/os&gt; &lt;/activation&gt; &lt;build&gt; ... &lt;/build&gt; &lt;/profile&gt; ... &lt;/profiles&gt; </code></pre> <p>Then the same when I need to do something for windows in a different POM, many times all over the place... For some profiles the activation is more extensive.</p> <p>I wanted to define the activation policy in one place, then do something like:</p> <pre><code>&lt;plugins&gt; &lt;plugin&gt; &lt;groupId&gt;org.apache.maven.plugins&lt;/groupId&gt; &lt;artifactId&gt;maven-compiler-plugin&lt;/artifactId&gt; &lt;version&gt;3.0&lt;/version&gt; &lt;configuration&gt; &lt;!-- if profile A is active --&gt; &lt;source&gt;1.6&lt;/source&gt; &lt;target&gt;1.6&lt;/target&gt; &lt;!-- if profile B is active --&gt; &lt;source&gt;1.5&lt;/source&gt; &lt;target&gt;1.5&lt;/target&gt; &lt;/configuration&gt; &lt;/plugin&gt; </code></pre> <p>Just configuring the plugin differently according to the active profile, without having to duplicate the plugin declaration and everything for each profile in a ton of POM files...</p> <p>Also, how do I configure things in multiple places if profile A is active? Would I have to declare the tag in each POM with its activation policy all over again or is there a way to avoid all this duplication?</p> <p>Any help is appreciated, I'm a bit confused and surprised how hard is to find anything beyond basic examples on the net.</p>
 

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