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Svish
Svish

Reputation: 158341

Easier way to run a Java application from Maven?

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

Upvotes: 5

Views: 7410

Answers (4)

Riduidel
Riduidel

Reputation: 22308

A little more configuration, a little less command line parameters ;-)

using the very same exec:java plugin, you can configure your task in the pom.xml, then execute it in a simpler fashion by mapping your goal to the run step of the lifecycle, like this example shows.

Upvotes: 5

Vineet Manohar
Vineet Manohar

Reputation: 358

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

Upvotes: 6

WeMakeSoftware
WeMakeSoftware

Reputation: 9162

As the above example shows, you can wrap that plugin into a separate profile. Take a look at the 3rd solution

Upvotes: 1

Pere Villega
Pere Villega

Reputation: 16439

Sadly, no `(as far as I know). If you ahve a web application you could use Jetty plugin to run it doing:

mvn jetty:run

but for standalone apps, you need the exec plugin.

Upvotes: 0

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