Application: gvSIG desktop

- How to reduce the process of "install" to run as fast as possible.

  Can reduce install execution skiping test execution and compilation,

  javadoc generation and test signature checking.

    mvn -Dmaven.test.skip=true -DskipTests -Dmaven.javadoc.skip=true -Danimal.sniffer.skip=true  install

- How to skip test compile from command line::

    mvn -Dmaven.test.skip=true  install

- How to skip test execution from command line::

    mvn -DskipTests install

- How to skip javadoc generation from command line::

    mvn -Dmaven.javadoc.skip=true  install

- How to skip test signature cheks from command line::

    mvn -Danimal.sniffer.skip=true install

- How to install a project without install submodules

    mvn --non-recursive install

- How to skip test compilation::

    <build>

      <plugins>

        ...

        <plugin>

          <!-- Skip compilation tests -->

          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>

          <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>

          <executions>

            <execution>

              <id>default-testCompile</id>

              <phase>process-test-sources</phase>

              <goals>

                <goal>testCompile</goal>

              </goals>

              <configuration>

                <skip>true</skip>

              </configuration>

            </execution>

          </executions>

        </plugin>

        ...

      </plugins>

    </build>

- Skip test execution::

    <build>

      <plugins>

        ...

        <plugin>

          <!-- Skip test execution -->

          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>

          <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>

          <configuration>

            <skipTests>true</skipTests>

          </configuration>

        </plugin>

        ...

      </plugins>

    </build>

- Continue on test failure :: 

    <build>

      <plugins>

        ...

        <plugin>

          <!-- Continue on test failure -->

          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>

          <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>

          <configuration>

            <testFailureIgnore>true</testFailureIgnore>

          </configuration>

        </plugin>

        ...

      </plugins>

    </build>

- Set java compatibility::

    <build>

      <plugins>

        ...

        <plugin>

            <!-- Set java compatibility -->

            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>

            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>

            <configuration>

                <source>1.5</source>

                <target>1.5</target>

                <encoding>ISO-8859-1</encoding>

            </configuration>

        </plugin>

        ...

      </plugins>

    </build>

- Packaging tests in jar

  Test classes do not packaging in jar by default.

  To packing add to pom::

    <build>

      <plugins>

        ...

        <plugin>

          <!-- Packaging tests in jar -->

          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>

          <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>

          <executions>

            <!-- Generates a jar file only with the test classes -->

            <execution>

              <goals>

                <goal>test-jar</goal>

              </goals>

              <configuration>

                <includes>

                  <include>**/**</include>

                </includes>

              </configuration>

            </execution>

          </executions>

        </plugin> 

        ...

      </plugins>

    </build>

- How to set a dependency with tests jar::

    <dependency>

        <groupId>...</groupId>

        <artifactId>...</artifactId>

        <type>test-jar</type>

        <scope>test</scope>

    </dependency>

- How use ant in maven::

    <plugin>

      <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>

      <version>1.7</version>

      <executions>

        <execution>

          <phase>generate-sources</phase>

          <configuration>

            <target>

              <echo>Hello world!</echo>

            </target>

          </configuration>

          <goals>

            <goal>run</goal>

          </goals>

        </execution>

      </executions>

    </plugin>