How to set project version in maven at build time? - java

I am trying to implement semantic versioning in our project. I tested maven semver plugin but that didn't help me so please don't ask me why. I finally ended up using maven groovy. It works like a charm, however, when I install or deploy the maven project the version in repository is the variable name.
This is despite the fact that all the artefacts and jar files are packaged with correct version.
So please look at my pom.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0
http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.mytest.test</groupId>
<artifactId>test-tag</artifactId>
<version>${revision}</version>
<description>Test</description>
<properties>
<ChangeType>TO_BE_SET</ChangeType>
</properties>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.gmaven</groupId>
<artifactId>gmaven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.5</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>validate</phase>
<goals>
<goal>execute</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<providerSelection>2.0</providerSelection>
<properties>
<script>git describe --abbrev=0 --tags</script>
</properties>
<source>
def tagIt = 'git tag -a vXXXX -m "Auto tagged"'
def changeType = project.properties.ChangeType
def command = project.properties.script
def process = command.execute()
process.waitFor()
def describe = process.in.text.trim()
println "Setting revision to: " + describe
if(!describe.startsWith("v")) {
describe = "1.0.1"
} else {
describe = describe.substring(1)
}
project.properties.setProperty('revision', describe)
</source>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>default-compile</id>
<phase>none</phase>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>default-testCompile</id>
<phase>none</phase>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>default-testResources</id>
<phase>none</phase>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>default-jar</id>
<phase>package</phase>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>default-test</id>
<phase>none</phase>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
the version is ${revision} a variable name that is being set in groovy script. What groovy code does is getting the last tag from GIT and and then set it to the property 'revision'.
The final jar file has the correct version extracted but when installed into repository, the folder name and jar name are like:
m2\repository\com\mytest\test\test-tag\${revision}\test-tag-${revision}.jar
I tried to default 'revision' to a value using:
<properties>
<revision>1.0.1</revision>
</properties>
but then groovy code setting the value has no effect.
I also tried different phase for the maven groovy plugin, no luck. Have I missed anything? Can anyone please help me on this?
I'd like to mention that as vatbub and StefanHeimberg mentioned I can use versions:set to set the version but this requires me to do an extra commit to GIT which I am trying to avoid, wondering if I can achieve this by writing a maven plugin instead?

With Maven you can set the version at build time with
mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=${bamboo.inject.version}
as #vatbub already commented in your question.
In addition to this i wrote a Shell script that can be used in build pipeline to generate the version according to the maven project version and add the build number from the build server.
https://gist.github.com/StefanHeimberg/c19d7665e8df087845c036fe8b88c4f2
The Script reads the maven project version, add a the build number and writes a text file with all the new numbers that can be used.
The next step is to inject this text file in the Build Pipeline and call the versions plugin as stated above
pom.xml:
something like
<project>
<groupId>ch.stefanheimberg.example</groupId>
<artifactId>your-awesome-app</artifactId>
<version>5.1.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
</project>
or
<project>
<groupId>ch.stefanheimberg.example</groupId>
<artifactId>your-awesome-app</artifactId>
<version>5.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
</project>
Step 1:
./generate_version_txt.sh ${bamboo.buildNumber}
Step 2:
Inject generated version.txt in the build system that all the properties can be used in all tasks / plugins, etc...
In my case Bamboo CI ready the version.txt file and declares the content of the file as environment variables under the bamboo.inject. prefix.
For example ${bamboo.inject.long_version}
Step 3:
Update Maven Project version
mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=${bamboo.inject.version}
Step 4:
Run Maven Build
mvn clean verify
Step 5:
Run Docker build
for example use it also as docker tag version. etc...
docker build --build-arg version=${bamboo.inject.version} --tag your-awesome-app:${bamboo.inject.version} .
Example Dockerfile:
FROM jboss/wildlfy
ARG version
ADD target/your-awesome-app-${version}.war /opt/jboss/wildfly/standalone/deployments/
I know that can be a problem / not possible in your case with the groovy script. but perhaps it is an other view at your problem. and possibly also another solution for it.
(sorry for my english. but i hope it is understandable what i mean)

I ran into a similar problem and ended up using the maven flatten plugin to ensure that all variables are removed from the POMs before being deployed. This remove all references to the string ${revision} and replace by the actual value at build time, without interfering with the original POMs.

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What does a Maven Artifact means in a context of runnable jar project? [duplicate]

I have a project that consist of 3 different libraries. When I run install script it takes all libraries from repo and run mvn clean install on them. But this version of library already installed in repo. Is there a way to skip install phase if version in pom.xml equal version in my local repo.
I know that I can use local repo and just set dependencies. But my boss want that our project can build only with public repos and without any our repos.
You can bypass like this
-Dmaven.install.skip=true
<profiles>
<profile>
<id>skipInstall</id>
<activation>
<property>
<name>maven.install.skip</name>
<value>true</value>
</property>
</activation>
<build>
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>default-install</id>
<phase>none</phase>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
</build>
</profile>
Last week Olivier Lamy patched this jira.
MINSTALL-73
Most maven plugins can be skipped by specifying something like:
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
<version>X.Y</version>
<configuration>
<skip>true</skip>
</configuration>
</plugin>
you can also set up build profiles to set properties and use that to determine the value. for example, running the command: mvn -Pexample would select the "example" profile. The POM would then contain:
...
<properties>
<skip.install>false</skip.install>
...
</properties>
...
<profile>
<id>example</id>
<properties>
<skip.install>false</skip.install>
</properties>
</profile>
...
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
<version>X.Y</version>
<configuration>
<skip>${skip.install}</skip>
</configuration>
</plugin>
...
Using these POM additions, the default behavior for the install plugin will be to perform its default goal, but if the example profile is selected, then the install plugin will skip its goal.
Using what I learned from the other answers, this was the cleanest result for me.
In my super pom I added a pluginManagement/plugin to disable default-install and default-test phases when the property deployOnly is set.
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.5.2</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>default-install</id>
<configuration>
<skip>${deployOnly}</skip>
</configuration>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>default-test</id>
<configuration>
<skip>${deployOnly}</skip>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
So on the command line, I can disable install and test phases by adding -DdeployOnly.
mvn clean install #build and test everything
mvn deploy -DdeployOnly #just deploy it
I know that I can use local repo and just set dependencies. But my boss want that our project can build only with public repos and without any our repos.
Are you sure you understood correctly what you boss meant? I interpret the above as "don't install third party libraries in your local repository, use only libraries available in public repositories". This is different from "don't use your local repository" which is basically impossible, that's just not how maven works. I'd try to clarify this point.
Apart from that, I don't get the question which is very confusing (what repo are you talking about? What is the install script doing? Why do you call clean install on libraries? etc).
Extending the other answers, from the future.
Maven plugins have a surprisingly high freedom, how do they run. If they want, they can ignore/override the typical pom.xml settings. Furthermore, also the <configuration><skip>true</skip></configuration> is only a convention, nothing obligates a plugin to follow it, except that most of them is developed so.
My experiments with the recent problem show, that both #Cemo's and #MiloshBoroyevich solution should be utilized, also the plugin requires both to really let us in peace. More concretely, the only working configuration by me was this:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.5.2</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>default-install</id>
<phase>none</phase>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<skip>true</skip>
</configuration>
</plugin>
One of your options is to put the deployment to another module. I.e. have one pom.xml build the artifact and install it to the local repo, and another pom.xml to deploy it. This separation is quite common in larger projects, where the testsuite is sometimes a separate module or even a project, the packaging happens in several stages, etc.
- pom.xml - myProject-root - type=pom
- pom.xml - myProject-artifact - type=jar
- pom.xml - myProject-deploy - type=pom, does the deployment, skips it's own `install` goal

Maven - update artifactId before build

I need to deploy my project into artifactory. For this purpose I use maven-assembly-plugin together with artifactory-maven-plugin
only I can use for building of mvn is this CMD (small updates are possible):
mvn -e -B -U clean deploy -DskipIntegrationTests=false -DskipCoverageReport=false -Dservice_name=sample_service
What I can not do in mvn command is update service name. It will be always "sample_service" or some other constant which represent name of service
Because I do not know name of service (there could be more services) my base part of pom.xml looks like this (artifactId is created dynamically from property service_name):
<groupId>my.group.id</groupId>
<artifactId>${service_name}</artifactId>
<version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
The problem is that parameter -Dservice_name will always consists "underscores". Because of conventions artifact has to consists "dashes" instead of "underscores".
Is there any way (some plugin for instance) how I can do something like this?
<groupId>my.group.id</groupId>
<artifactId>${service_name}.replaceAll("_","-")</artifactId>
<version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
In short for property service_name I need replace underscores by dashes before building of artifact.
Thanks for answers.
This cannot be done.
Properties used inside <artifactId> can only be set through the command line. You have no chance to manipulate them in Maven. The only chance I see is to change the command line, so that you do the replacement before you send the parameter to Maven.
I found a solution for my problem. But I am not sure if it is correct way how to solve it. I used plugin gmaven-plugin
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.groovy.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>gmaven-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>pre-clean</phase>
<goals>
<goal>execute</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<source>
project.getModel().setArtifactId(project.properties["service_name"].replaceAll('_', '-'))
project.getArtifact().setArtifactId(project.properties["service_name"].replaceAll('_', '-'))
</source>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
After that I use maven-assembly plugin which upload data into artifactory. And this plugin read artifact id from instance "project.getArtifacts()" so I update it directly.
So I updated artifact id directly in maven instance.
As I say it is not 100 percent correct but in my case it helps
You can do this with the buildhelper plugin, it has a goal regex-property which can set a property based on an initial value (your service_name property) and a regular expression to replace with a replacement value.
Example from the usage page (adapted because the value used made no sense):
<project>
...
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>regex-property</id>
<goals>
<goal>regex-property</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<name>human.version</name>
<value>${project.version}</value>
<regex>-SNAPSHOT</regex>
<replacement> pre-release development version</replacement>
<failIfNoMatch>false</failIfNoMatch>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
...
</project>

Running Java program using mvn through command line

I am trying to run my java program TopicPublisher.java via command line. There are several dependencies specified through Maven.
In the directory with the pom.xml file, I ran the following commands: mvn clean, mvn package, and java -cp target/SOM_Enrichment-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar TopicPublisher.
I get the following error:
Error: A JNI error has occurred, please check your installation and try again
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: om/solacesystems/jcsmp/JCSMPStreamingPublishEventHandler
Below is a screenshot of my directory tree:
Any ideas how to solve this?
[EDIT]
Pom File:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
4.0.0
<groupId>CAMM</groupId>
<artifactId>SOM_Enrichment</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1.0</version>
<configuration>
<descriptorRefs>
<descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
</descriptorRefs>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>make-assembly</id> <!-- this is used for inheritance merges -->
<phase>package</phase> <!-- bind to the packaging phase -->
<goals>
<goal>single</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.solacesystems</groupId>
<artifactId>sol-jcsmp</artifactId>
<version>[10,)</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
Your program loads classes from the com.solacesystems dependency in your pom.xml, but your classpath only contains your build artifact jar. Build a fat jar, as #Kerry suggests, or use the exec-maven-plugin to run from the command line. From within your project directory (where you execute mvn package), execute:
mvn exec:java -Dexec.mainClass=TopicPublisher
The plugin builds the classpath argument from the dependencies defined in your pom. See https://www.mojohaus.org/exec-maven-plugin/ for more options.
Without seeing your full POM.xml I am assuming you have not build the final artifact to be a 'fat jar'. By this I mean that the JAR not only contains your own classes but all the third party dependencies.
You would need to use something like the Maven assembly plugin or the Maven shade pluginto do this for you. From the screenshot though I see you are using IntelliJ so you should also be able to run through your IDE obviously for just testing purposes.

How to generate separate jar files for application, source, and documentation (for central.sonatype.org)

Sonatype has a repository that I want to deploy a jar file to, and they ask for separate files for application, sources, and javadocs:
Example:
example-application-1.4.7.pom
example-application-1.4.7.jar
example-application-1.4.7-sources.jar
example-application-1.4.7-javadoc.jar
In Scala SBT, I have a command called "package" that generates the jar file for the project, but that only generates "example-application-1.4.7.jar".
Question: What should I do to generate the other two jar files?
In Maven, in order to get the additional -sources and -javadoc artifacts, add to your POM file the following:
<build>
<plugins>
<!-- additional plugin configurations, if any.. -->
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>jar</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.10.3</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>jar</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
Note the snippet above:
We are invoking the Maven Source Plugin to create an additional jar files for sources
We are invoking the Maven Javadoc Plugin to create an additional jar files for javadoc
Executing
mvn clean package
You will find these two additional jars in the target folder.
The .pom file instead is generated during the install phase, but it is not placed under the target folder. Basically, it is a copy of your pom.xml file, with a different extension and used by Maven during the dependency mediation process to check which transitive dependencies are required by the concerned artifact.
Executing
mvn clean install
Maven will install the artifact in your local cache (in your machine), under path_to_cache/.m2/repository/your_groupId/your_artifactId/your_version/. In this folder, you will also find the .pom file, which normally you don't need to distribute (it is created automatically by Maven).
Further note: you probably don't want to generate these additional jar files at each and every build, so to speed up normal builds and have them only on demand, you could wrap the snippet above in a Maven profile.
You can achieve this by removing the snippet above from your build section and add a further section at the end of your pom:
<profiles>
<profile>
<id>prepare-distribution</id>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>jar</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.10.3</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>jar</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</profile>
</profiles>
So that normal builds would not create these jars anymore, but when executing the following:
mvn clean install -Pprepare-distribution
You would instead get them back. the -P option is actually activating on demand the profile defined with the id prepare-distribution.
With Maven 3 a default profile already comes as part of the super pom which perform exactly the same actions (sources and javadoc artifact), hence no need to add anything to your existing project. Simply run:
mvn clean install -Prelease-profile
Or, to activate it via a property
mvn clean install -DperformRelease=true
However, as also specified in the super pom, this profile may be removed in future releases (although there since first Maven 3 version till version 3.3.9 so far)
NOTE: The release profile will be removed from future versions of the super POM
The main reason behind this warning is most probably to push for the usage of the Maven Release Plugin, which indirectly makes use of this profile via the useReleaseProfile option of the release:perform goal.
As highlighted by comments, if you are not familiar with maven (especially via console) I would definitely recommend to
Go through the official Maven in 5 minutes documentation for a quick but worthy look.
Play with Maven from the command line, is there where Maven gives you its best. IDE integrations are great, but command line is the real turning point.
Then play with the POM customization above, to get familiar with some concepts and behaviors, first directly as part of your default build, then moved to a profile.
Then, and only then, move to the Maven Release Plugin usage. I recommend it as last step because you would already have acquired more confidence and understanding and see it as less magic and more reasonable approach.

Error while compiling when using AspectJ compiler instead of Javac

I have a multi module project. The aspect is currently added to the "core" project. When doing a mvn clean install here it works. However trying to do a mvn clean install on parent project it fails with this error when compiling one of the other projects:
The type org.hibernate.annotations.CacheConcurrencyStrategy cannot be resolved. It is indirectly referenced from required .class files
If I add the Hibernate core dependency in that project too it works, but adding dependencies to projects that shouldn't have the dependency does not make sense - so it is not a solution. When compiling with javac it works fine.
What is the reason? And how can I fix it so I can use the AspectJ compiler without leaking dependencies to projects that shouldn't have that?
I have this configuration in the parent POM:
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>aspectj-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.5</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.6</source>
<target>1.6</target>
<complianceLevel>1.6</complianceLevel>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>compile</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
Update
I just found out. Running mvn clean install fails every time. However, running mvn [clean] install one time fails. Then running mvn install without clean works. I see that the builddef.lst in the target folder is the reason why it works and fails based on whether or not you run clean. So now my question is: How do you automatically generate this file?
Parent POM-file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.mycompany</groupId>
<artifactId>core-lib</artifactId>
<name>core-lib</name>
<packaging>pom</packaging>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>aspectj-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.5</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.6</source>
<target>1.6</target>
<complianceLevel>1.6</complianceLevel>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>compile</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
<artifactId>aspectjrt</artifactId>
<version>1.7.4</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<modules>
<module>core-xyz</module>
<module>core-xyz2</module>
</modules>
</project>
Enable debug on the maven invocation to dig deeper. You should observe that the aspectj compile is only being invoked during the first maven invocation with the clean. Since the builddef.lst already exists after the first invocation, invoking without clean skips the aspectj compile.
This aspectj compile plugin behavior has been observed previously and was described here:
http://out-println.blogspot.com/2007/08/compile-time-checks-with-aspectj-part-2.html?m=1
You will need to look deeper to address the underlying issue, but as one commenter has already suggested, the aspectj compiler should only be enabled in modules that require it.
Otherwise, the additional dependencies are required for the aspectj compile, as you have already observed. I have incorporated aspectj compile into my own work without issue by restricting it to only the modules that require it.
According to the AspectJ compiler Maven plugin you could set up the argumentFileName to locate an existing builddef.lst.
So you can generate the builddef.lst and copy it to your resources folder, and instruct the AspectJ Maven plugin to use that file.

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