help:evaluate
Full name:
org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-help-plugin:3.3.0:evaluate
Description:
Evaluates Maven expressions given by the user in an interactive
mode.
Attributes:
- The goal is not marked as thread-safe and thus does not support parallel builds.
- Since version:
2.1.
Optional Parameters
| Name | Type | Since | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
<artifact> |
String |
2.1 |
An artifact for evaluating Maven expressions. Note: Should respect the Maven format, i.e. groupId:artifactId[:version]. The latest version of
the artifact will be used when no version is specified.User property is: artifact. |
<expression> |
String |
2.1 |
An expression to evaluate instead of prompting. Note that this
must not include the surrounding ${...}. User property is: expression. |
<forceStdout> |
boolean |
3.1.0 |
This options gives the option to output information in cases where
the output has been suppressed by using -q (quiet
option) in Maven. This is useful if you like to use
maven-help-plugin:evaluate in a script call (for
example in bash) like this:
RESULT=$(mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version -q -DforceStdout) echo $RESULT expression to stdout.Default value is: false.User property is: forceStdout. |
<output> |
File |
3.0.0 |
Optional parameter to write the output of this help in a given
file, instead of writing to the console. This parameter will be
ignored if no expression is specified. Note: Could be a relative path. User property is: output. |
Parameter Details
<artifact>
An artifact for evaluating Maven expressions.
Note: Should respect the Maven format, i.e.
Note: Should respect the Maven format, i.e.
groupId:artifactId[:version]. The latest version of
the artifact will be used when no version is specified.- Type:
java.lang.String - Since:
2.1 - Required:
No - User Property:
artifact
<expression>
An expression to evaluate instead of prompting. Note that this
must not include the surrounding ${...}.
- Type:
java.lang.String - Since:
2.1 - Required:
No - User Property:
expression
<forceStdout>
This options gives the option to output information in cases where
the output has been suppressed by using
This will only printout the information which has been requested by
-q (quiet
option) in Maven. This is useful if you like to use
maven-help-plugin:evaluate in a script call (for
example in bash) like this:
RESULT=$(mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version -q -DforceStdout) echo $RESULT
expression to stdout.- Type:
boolean - Since:
3.1.0 - Required:
No - User Property:
forceStdout - Default:
false
<output>
Optional parameter to write the output of this help in a given
file, instead of writing to the console. This parameter will be
ignored if no
Note: Could be a relative path.
expression is specified. Note: Could be a relative path.
- Type:
java.io.File - Since:
3.0.0 - Required:
No - User Property:
output