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, test signature checking, license checking, and 

  attach sources in jar.

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

- How show the list of files that have problems with the header.

    mvn -Dlicense.quiet=false license:check

- How to skip license check from command line::

    mvn -Dlicense.skip=true install

- How to skip attach sources in jar from command line::

    mvn -Dsource.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 check and fix the header of source files.

  To check the header use::

    mvn license:check

  To fix the header use::

    mvn license:format

- 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>