How to get Maven to run war:exploded but not war:war

Question

I have a Maven pom that uses <packaging>war</packaging>. But actually, I don't want build the war-file, I just want all the dependent jars collected and a full deployment directory created.

So I'm running the war:exploded goal to generate the deploy directory:

<plugin>     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>     <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>     <executions>         <execution>             <phase>package</phase>             <configuration>                 <webappDirectory>target/${env}/deploy</webappDirectory>                 <archiveClasses>true</archiveClasses>             </configuration>             <goals>                 <goal>exploded</goal>             </goals>         </execution>     </executions> </plugin> 

The trouble is, the war file still gets built. Is there a simple way of having <packaging>war</packaging> execute the war:exploded goal instead of the war:war goal?

Or is there another simple way to do this?

Answer 1

The solution is quite simple. You need to override the default execution of the war plugin to disable it and add your own execution (for exploded):

<pluginManagement>     <plugins>             <plugin><!-- don't pack the war  -->                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>                 <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>                 <executions>                     <execution>                         <id>default-war</id>                         <phase>none</phase>                     </execution>                     <execution>                         <id>war-exploded</id>                         <phase>package</phase>                         <goals>                             <goal>exploded</goal>                         </goals>                     </execution>                 </executions>             </plugin>     </plugins> </pluginManagement> 

Answer 2

According builtin lifecycle bindings for war packaging in package phase war:war mojo is called.

You can call previous 'prepare-package' phase - all actions will be performed and after that call mojo war:exploded

mvn prepare-package war:exploded 

The results will be the same as yours but no war created.