Simple pom to demonstrate property activation

gistfile1.xml

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

  <groupId>com.mycompany.app</groupId>
  <artifactId>my-app</artifactId>
  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
  <packaging>jar</packaging>

  <name>Maven Quick Start Archetype</name>
  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>

  <!-- $ mvn help:all-profiles    # b is inactive-->
  
  <!-- $ mvn help:all-profiles -Db.active    # b is active-->

  <properties>
    <b.active>true</b.active>
  </properties>

  <profiles>
    <profile>
      <id>B</id>
      <activation>
        <property>
          <name>b.active</name>
        </property>
      </activation>
    </profile>
  </profiles>

</project>