Question

I’m using the maven cargo plugin to remotely deploy a servlet in tomcat. When I make updates to the code I have to run two mojos, one for compiling a new war (package), and one for deploying the war remotely (cargo:deployer-redeploy).

I want to be able to simply invoke cargo:deployer-redeploy and it invokes the compilation of the source code and creation of a new war and deploys that remotely. Essentially I want the redeploy mojo to be dependant on the package mojo (in ant terminology).

Answer 1

You can just bind the cargo plugin to a later phase than package (e.g. verify), so in the plugin’s configuration section in the pom, put something like:

            <executions>
                <execution>
                    <id>deploy</id>
                    <phase>verify</phase>
                    <goals>
                        <goal>redeploy</goal>
                    </goals>
                </execution>
            </executions>

When you run mvn verify it will run the war plugin (as part of package) then cargo.