Hello,
I’m trying to invoke my custom plugin “i18nMessageCompiler” whenever a properties file in the src/main/resources directory changes (e.g. when a new property is added). How do I configure the pom.xml or m2e to invoke the plugin whenever
the properties file changes?
In the lifecycle-mapping, I configured the plugin to run on incremental build. One issue might be that Eclipse does not trigger an incremental build when files in src/main/resources change. However, even if I change a Java class in src/main/java
(which should invoke an incremental build), the i18nMessageCompiler plugin execution does not get invoked.
Only a full project rebuild via Eclipse’s > Project > Clean (with “Start a build immediately” checked) will invoke the plugin execution.
Excerpt from the project’s pom.xml:
<build>
<finalName>rts</finalName>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3</version>
<configuration>
<warSourceExcludes>node_modules/**</warSourceExcludes>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.8</source>
<target>1.8</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.rfxcel.rts</groupId>
<artifactId>i18nMessageCompiler</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
<configuration>
<fullyQualifiedClassName>com.rfxcel.rts.ui.messages.MessageIds</fullyQualifiedClassName>
<propertiesFileName>messages.properties</propertiesFileName>
<messageIdFormat>RTSUI\d{5}(I|W|E)</messageIdFormat>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>generate-sources</phase>
<goals>
<goal>compileMessages</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<!--This plugin's configuration is used to store Eclipse m2e settings only. It has no influence on the Maven build itself.-->
<plugin>
<groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
<artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
<configuration>
<lifecycleMappingMetadata>
<pluginExecutions>
<pluginExecution>
<pluginExecutionFilter>
<groupId>com.rfxcel.rts</groupId>
<artifactId>i18nMessageCompiler</artifactId>
<versionRange>[1.0.0,)</versionRange>
<goals>
<goal>compileMessages</goal>
</goals>
</pluginExecutionFilter>
<action>
<execute>
<runOnIncremental>true</runOnIncremental>
<runOnConfiguration>true</runOnConfiguration>
</execute>
</action>
</pluginExecution>
</pluginExecutions>
</lifecycleMappingMetadata>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
</build>
Thank you,
Ben Emery-Honzal
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