Easier way to run a Java application from Maven?

Question

If I have understood correctly, I need to type this to run my project from maven:

mvn compile
mvn exec:java -Dexec.mainClass="com.foo.bar.blah.Main"

Is there a way I can make this simpler? Optimally I would like to just do

mvn run

Answer 1

1) Create a new profile called "run" (or another name of your choice)

  <profiles>
    <profile>
      <id>run</id>

2) Set the profile's default goal to "verify" (or you can choose "install", choosing a phase after compile will ensure that the code will automatically be compiled before running the class)

 <profiles>
    <profile>
      <id>run</id>
      <build>
        <defaultGoal>verify</defaultGoal>

3) Add the exec-maven-plugin to this profile (see this), but configure it to run in the 'verify' phase.

   <execution>  
    <phase>test</phase>  

4) You can now run your class using the following:

mvn -Prun