Maven, configure specific goal

Question

Hello!

I want to configure "exploded" goal of the maven-war-plugin:

<plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
  <executions>
    <execution>
      <goals>
        <goal>exploded</goal>
      </goals>
      <configuration>
        <webappDirectory>war</webappDirectory>
      </configuration>
    </execution>
  </executions>
</plugin>

I need to run "exploded" goal manually and do not want to attach execution to any lifycycle phase. But when i execute "mvn war:exploded", maven ignores my configuration. Tell me please, how to do this :)

Answer 1

Read this page for reference:

Guide to Configuring Default Mojo Executions

In essence:

it will work if you configure the execution with the id default-cli

<plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
  <executions>
    <execution>
      <id>default-cli</id>
      <goals>
        <goal>exploded</goal>
      </goals>
      <configuration>
        <webappDirectory>war</webappDirectory>
      </configuration>
    </execution>
  </executions>
</plugin>