Can I access Maven properties as variables in Eclipse?

Question

I have a Maven project that displays the path to my own library using properties that can be set in local profiles. For instance:

<project> ... <build> ... <plugins> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId> <configuration> <environmentVariables> <LD_LIBRARY_PATH>${foo.libdir}</LD_LIBRARY_PATH> </environmentVariables> <fork>always</fork> </configuration> </plugin> </plugins> </build> <profiles> <profile> <id>foo-default</id> <activation> <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault> </activation> <properties> <foo.libdir>/usr/local/lib</foo.libdir> </properties> </profile> </profiles> </project> 

When I work with this project in Eclipse using the M2Eclipse plugin , I would like to be able to configure launch options that also refers to this path in the same way (for example, so I can run the Eclipse debugger in the project). Is there a way to access the Maven property from Eclipse, for example, to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH in the startup configuration using a variable like ${maven_property:foo.libdir} ?

Answer 1

I do not think so.

Your maven script may refer to an environment variable that you can define in the environment tab to run the configuration

But vice versa (for example, your configuration, which allows some maven script property to be run at the time), in my opinion, is not possible.