Maven plugin not running where I want it to
java, maven, pom.xml, properties
Solution
You are close. There is a difference between running Maven using a phase, and using a goal. Start with a quick review of the Maven lifecycle documentation.
When you run `mvn compile`, Maven runs all goals bound to the compile phase, plus anything bound to earlier phases. You have bound the `properties:read-project-properties` goal to the `initialize` phase. `initialize` is one of the first phases, so read-project-properties executes when `compile`, or `test`, or any of the later phases are used in the command.
When you run `mvn flyway:init`, you are only running a single goal, not the entire lifecycle. Thus, the only thing that runs with that command is the flyway-maven-plugin's init goal, nothing else.
If you want those two goals to run together, you could try binding the `flyway:init` goal to the `initialize` phase (if that is not the default; I could not tell from reading the plugin's documentation). Then, `mvn initialize` will run both.
If you don't want to bind `flyway:init` to a phase, then you may run both goals explicitly with `mvn flyway:init initialize`.
Problem
I have a maven project that I want to load properties from a file when things happen. I've got the codehaus properties-maven-plugin and I need it to run automagically. If I run `mvn test` or `mvn compile`, the task plugin load the properties file just fine. I see this in the output: `[INFO] --- properties-maven-plugin:1.0-alpha-2:read-project-properties (default)...--- ` When I run `mvn flyway:init`, say, I do not see it run and the properties do not get loaded. Here is the pom.xml: ``` <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>net.foo</groupId> <artifactId>workflow</artifactId> <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version> <name>Foo Framework</name> <description>Foo framework</description> <properties> <postgre.version>9.1-901.jdbc4</postgre.version> <flyway.version>2.2.1</flyway.version> </properties> <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>postgresql</groupId> <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId> <version>${postgre.version}</version> </dependency> </dependencies> <build> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>com.googlecode.flyway</groupId> <artifactId>flyway-maven-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.2.1</version> <configuration> <url>${url}</url> <user>${user}</user> <password>${pass}</password> <locations> <location>classpath:sql/pgsql</location> </locations> </configuration> <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>postgresql</groupId> <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId> <version>${postgre.version}</version> </dependency> </dependencies> </plugin> <plugin> <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId> <artifactId>properties-maven-plugin</artifactId> <version>1.0-alpha-2</version> <executions> <execution> <phase>initialize</phase> <goals> <goal>read-project-properties</goal> </goals> <configuration> <files> <file>src/main/resources/db.properties</file> </files> </configuration> </execution> </executions> </plugin> </plugins> </build> </project> ``` Can anyone suggest what I can do, or some documentation I can read to make this work? I have read plenty of maven documentation and cannot seem to understand it well enough to make this happen. I thought what I have here would make it run during the `initialize` phase, but evidently not...