Maven skip compile

compilation, java, maven

Solution

<plugin>
   <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
   <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
   <executions>
     <execution>
       <id>default-compile</id>
       <phase>compile</phase>
       <goals>
          <goal>compile</goal>
       </goals>
       <configuration>
         <skipMain>true</skipMain> <--Skip
       </configuration>
     </execution>
   </executions>
</plugin>

Set this to 'true' to bypass compilation of main sources. Its use is NOT RECOMMENDED, but quite convenient on occasion. User property is: maven.main.skip.

`mvn package -Dmaven.main.skip`

Problem

I want to use Maven to execute a certain plug-in that only needs the source code but I do not want Maven to compile anything (mostly because the project just doesn't compile). How do I tell Maven to skip the compile step and just launch its plug-in and then package the generated resources together in a nice JAR? (The procedure of the last step is already known to me.) Additional Info: So we tried a lot of things right now, e.g.: ``` <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.0</version> <configuration> <excludes> <exclude>**/*</exclude> </excludes> <source>1.7</source> <target>1.7</target> </configuration> <executions> <execution> <phase>deploy</phase> </execution> </executions> </plugin> ``` Though when we do a `mvn package` we get this: ``` [INFO] --- maven-compiler-plugin:3.0:compile (default-compile) @ project --- [INFO] Changes detected - recompiling the module! [INFO] Compiling ALOTOF source files to /home/myname/dir/dir/project/target/classes ``` message edited ofc.

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