Apache Maven Cookbook

Adding a new Maven profile

Let us add a simple Maven profile to test our understanding of profiles.

How to do it...

Let's create a new Maven profile, by performing the following steps:

1. Create a new Maven project using the commands specified in the Creating a simple project with Maven recipe in Chapter 1, Getting Started.
2. Add the following code in the pom.xml file:

   <profiles>
         <profile>
             <id>dev</id>
             <activation>
                 <activeByDefault>false</activeByDefault>
             </activation>
         </profile>
     </profiles>

How it works...

There are two ways to create a profile: in the project's pom file or in the settings file. It is important to note that, if a profile is active from the settings file, its values will override any profiles with equivalent IDs in the pom file.

The profile ...