Question

I have a java ee project with a existing db-schema. Now I want to use liquibase for the db.

So I generated a changelog from my existing schema at the command line. Run that changelog against the existing database with mvn liquibase:changeLogSync and now I can work with liquibase without problems.

My question is: can I use the changeLogSync command within the project without executing it manuell? F.e. like I use new files with changesets:

<include file="changelogs/db.changelog1.xml"/>

Is there a similar way for changeLogSync, like this one in Ant:

<changeLogSync
        changeLogFile="${db.changelog.file}"
        driver="${database.driver}"
        url="${database.url}"
        username="${database.username}"
        password="${database.password}"
        classpathref="classpath"
        >
</changeLogSync>

Answer 1

Sure. Here’s ours:

<plugin>
  <groupId>org.liquibase</groupId>
  <artifactId>liquibase-maven-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>2.0.5</version>
  <dependencies>
     <dependency>
        <groupId>com.oracle</groupId>
        <artifactId>ojdbc6</artifactId>
        <version>${ojdbc.version}</version>
     </dependency>
  </dependencies>
  <configuration>
     <changeLogFile>${db.changelog.file}</changeLogFile>
     <driver>${database.driver}</driver>
     <url>${database.url}</url>
     <username>${database.username}</username>
     <password>${database.password}</password>
  </configuration>
  <executions>
     <execution>
        <phase>process-resources</phase>
        <goals>
           <goal>changeLogSync</goal>
        </goals>
     </execution>
  </executions>
</plugin>

Adjust of course for your own DB flavor and build phase preferences.