executing shell script and ant script with named parameter using maven - maven

Question

I am implementing maven wrapper to ant builds. And the ant command used to build the project is as follows
ant -v -f build.xml -Darch=linux-java7 -Dconfig=/work/build.config -Doutput=/work/bldout/
Now i have to execute the above command through maven . I tried to implement this using "I want to execute shell commands from maven's pom.xml" and "http://sanchitbahal.wordpress.com/2011/09/19/maven-exec-plugin-vs-maven-antrun-plugin-for-running-command-line-tool/"
The sample code i tried inside my pom.xml is as follows :
<plugin>
<artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>execute-shell</id>
<phase>compile</phase>
<goals>
<goal>exec</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<executable>test.sh</executable>
<arguments>
<argument>ARG1</argument>
<argument>ARG2</argument>
</arguments>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
But i am not able to figure out how to pass named parameter such as "-Darch=linux-java7" as arguement to build.xml
Also used maven-antrun plugin to invoke build.xml as follows :
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>run-target</id>
<phase>install</phase>
<configuration>
<target>
<ant antfile="build.xml" target="all" />
</target>
</configuration>
<goals>
<goal>run</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
But here also i am unable to figure out how to pass parameter such as "-Darch=linux-java7" as arguement to build.xml
What i know is that i can put the command in a shell script(in a .sh file) and call the shell script using maven-exec-plugin , but wanted to know if it is possible to do without doing so .

Answer 1

Use antrun, it has less external dependencies (like ant executable on path etc.)
Ant tasks executed by antrun plugin inherit all properties defined inside the properties section of your pom.
So you simple need to include:
<properties>
<arch>linux-java7</arch>
...
</properties>
inside your pom to make it work.