Maven-replacer-plugin is not invoked with maven-war-plugin - maven

Question

I am trying to replace string %APP_NAME% with enviroment variable in jdbc.properties using maven. I have following configuration:
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.google.code.maven-replacer-plugin</groupId>
<artifactId>replacer</artifactId>
<version>1.5.2</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>replace</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<basedir>${project.build.directory}/classes</basedir>
<includes>
<include>jdbc.properties</include>
</includes>
<replacements>
<replacement>
<token>%APP_NAME%</token>
<value>${env.BRANCH_NAME}</value>
</replacement>
</replacements>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.6</version>
<configuration>
<failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<!-- First step is to disable the default-war build step. -->
<id>default-war</id>
<phase>none</phase>
</execution>
<execution>
<!-- Second step is to create an exploded war. Done in prepare-package -->
<id>war-exploded</id>
<phase>prepare-package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>exploded</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
<execution>
<!-- Last step is to make sure that the war is built in the package
phase -->
<id>custom-war</id>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>war</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.9</version>
<configuration>
<additionalProjectnatures>
<projectnature>org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.springnature</projectnature>
</additionalProjectnatures>
<additionalBuildcommands>
<buildcommand>org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.springbuilder</buildcommand>
</additionalBuildcommands>
<downloadSources>true</downloadSources>
<downloadJavadocs>true</downloadJavadocs>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.5.1</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.8</source>
<target>1.8</target>
<!-- <compilerArgument>-Xlint:all</compilerArgument> -->
<showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
<showDeprecation>true</showDeprecation>
<compilerArguments>
<processor>org.hibernate.jpamodelgen.JPAMetaModelEntityProcessor</processor>
</compilerArguments>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
When i invoke:
mvn clean package
or
mvn clean install
the replacer plugin is not called. Can anyone can please explain why and what can I do to let it work? Or if replacer is not compatible with future war plugin can anyone explain me any other way to replace some string in jdbc.properties before building war? I saw also ant plugin but with same config it is not called too.. Example below..
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.6</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>deploy-ui</id>
<phase>package</phase>
<inherited>false</inherited>
<configuration>
<tasks>
<replace dir="${basedir}/src/main/resources">
<include name="**/jdbc.properties" />
<replacefilter token="%APP_NAME%" value="${env.BRANCH_NAME}"/>
</replace>
</tasks>
</configuration>
<goals>
<goal>run</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>

Answer 1

The plugin is defined in a <pluginManagement> block:
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.google.code.maven-replacer-plugin</groupId>
<artifactId>replacer</artifactId>
<version>1.5.2</version>
...
Find the <build><plugins> block for the POM where replacer needs to run, and add the following:
<plugin>
<groupId>com.google.code.maven-replacer-plugin</groupId>
<artifactId>replacer</artifactId>
</plugin>
Plugin Management is rather like a template for what should happen when the plugin is invoked. If the plugin is not referenced in the <build><plugins> block, nothing will happen.