java - Combine many Maven goals within a single one

Question

Until now, I'm using the command mvn clean compile hibernate3:hbm2java to launch my program. Is there any way to combine those three goals within a single one, e.g. mvn run or mvn myapp:run?

Answer 1

Another solution that differs completely from my other answer would be to use the exec-maven-plugin with the goal exec:exec.

<build>
    <plugins>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
            <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>1.2.1</version>
            <configuration>
                <executable>mvn</executable>
                <arguments>
                    <argument>clean</argument>
                    <argument>compile</argument>
                    <argument>hibernate3:hbm2java</argument>
                </arguments>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>
    </plugins>
</build>

And then you just run it like this:

mvn exec:exec

By doing it this way you are not changing any of the other plugins and it is not bound to any phases either.