java - Maven: lifecycle phase to run a program?

Question

I can use Maven to compile and test a program

mvn compile
mvn test

Is there a lifecycle command to simply run the program, or generate a script which will run the program?

Answer 1

There is no lifecycle phase to do this but you can bind the exec-maven-plugin, specifically the exec:java goal to it. For example, to run the goal on the package phase:

<plugin>
     <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
     <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
     <version>1.4</version>
     <executions>
         <execution>
            <id>run-java</id>
            <phase>package</phase>
            <goals>
                <goal>java</goal>
            </goals>
         </execution>
      </executions>
      <configuration>
           <mainClass>main.Class</mainClass>
      </configuration>
</plugin>