How can I run a Maven webapp in Eclipse when I use profiles to populate properties files at build time?

Question

Here is an example profile in my POM:

    
    
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Answer 1

You can effectively run any Maven command (including ones with profiles) through the m2eclipse plugin. Also, m2eclipse works with WTP (which I believe is where the Servers tab comes from). I'm not certain on this part, but I've used it to deploy web apps to Tomcat within Eclipse for a Maven project.