In Maven 3.5.2, how do I use a profile defined in my settings.xml file in my pom.xml file? - maven

Question

Say I have the following profile defined in my ~/.m2/settings.xml file
<profiles>
<profile>
<id>artifactory</id>
</repositories>
<repository>
<snapshots>
<enabled>false</enabled>
</snapshots>
<id>thirdparty</id>
<name>scscm-thirdparty</name>
<url>http://www.mycompany.com/artifactory/my-thirdparty-repo</url>
</repository>
</repositories>
</profile>
</profiles>
Now I want to download a home-built apr-1.6.2.tar.gz arfifact from the thirdparty repository id defined in the settings.xml, so in my pom.xml file I have
<artifactId>apr</artifactId>
<groupId>com.company</groupId>
<version>1.6.2</version>
<packaging>pom</packaging>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache</groupId>
<artifactId>apr</artifactId>
<version>1.6.2</version>
<type>tar.gz</type>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.googlecode.maven-download-plugin</groupId>
<artifactId>download-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.4.0</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>apr</id>
<phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
<goals>
<goal>wget</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
# HOW DO I SPECIFY URL FROM PROFILE HERE????
<unpack>false</unpack>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plujgins>
</build>
I see examples of profiles online, but they're all defined in the pom.xml itself, but that's not what I want to do. I just want to use a URL defined in my settings.xml profile inside my pom.xml file.

Answer 1

you can achieve this in multiple ways
Set active profile in Settings.xml
<profiles>
<profile>
<id>artifactory</id>
</repositories>
<repository>
<snapshots>
<enabled>false</enabled>
</snapshots>
<id>thirdparty</id>
<name>scscm-thirdparty</name>
<url>http://www.mycompany.com/artifactory/my-thirdparty-repo</url>
</repository>
</repositories>
</profile>
</profiles>
<activeProfiles>
<activeProfile>artifactory</activeProfile>
</activeProfiles>
Set active profile from CLI
mvn clean verify -P artifactory
set active profile as default in Settings.xml
<profiles>
<profile>
<id>artifactory</id>
</repositories>
<repository>
<snapshots>
<enabled>false</enabled>
</snapshots>
<id>thirdparty</id>
<name>scscm-thirdparty</name>
<url>http://www.mycompany.com/artifactory/my-thirdparty-repo</url>
</repository>
</repositories>
<activation>
<activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
</activation>
</profile>
</profiles>
For more info on these options check maven page

Answer 2

activate them via command-line (-P <name>) or with triggers what ever you like. but ask yourself, whether it is the right place to locate your profile. for further info look at the documentation:
1.Maven Doc
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