diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/exec/ExecMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/exec/ExecMojo.java
index c997889b..9fbd5a74 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/exec/ExecMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/exec/ExecMojo.java
@@ -148,6 +148,16 @@ public class ExecMojo
@Parameter( property = "exec.outputFile" )
private File outputFile;
+ /**
+ * Program standard input, output and error streams will be inherited from the maven process.
+ * This allow tighter control of the streams and the console.
+ *
+ * @since 3.0.1
+ * @see ProcessBuilder#inheritIO()
+ */
+ @Parameter( property = "exec.inheritIo" )
+ private boolean inheritIo;
+
/**
* When enabled, program standard and error output will be redirected to the
* Maven logger as Info and Error level logs, respectively. If not enabled the
@@ -384,7 +394,7 @@ else if ( !StringUtils.isEmpty( argsProp ) )
commandLine.addArguments( args, false );
- Executor exec = new DefaultExecutor();
+ Executor exec = new ExtendedExecutor( inheritIo );
if ( this.timeout > 0 )
{
exec.setWatchdog( new ExecuteWatchdog( this.timeout ) );
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/exec/ExtendedExecutor.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/exec/ExtendedExecutor.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8e7d0fb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/exec/ExtendedExecutor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package org.codehaus.mojo.exec;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.commons.exec.CommandLine;
+import org.apache.commons.exec.DefaultExecutor;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * An executor which has the ability to use the {@link ProcessBuilder#inheritIO()} flag.
+ *
+ * @author Guillaume Nodet (gnodet@gmail.com)
+ */
+public class ExtendedExecutor extends DefaultExecutor {
+
+ private final boolean inheritIo;
+
+ public ExtendedExecutor(boolean inheritIo) {
+ this.inheritIo = inheritIo;
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ protected Process launch(CommandLine command, Map env, File dir) throws IOException {
+ if (dir != null && !dir.exists()) {
+ throw new IOException(dir + " doesn't exist.");
+ }
+ ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder(command.toStrings());
+ pb.environment().putAll(env);
+ pb.directory(dir);
+ if (inheritIo) {
+ pb.inheritIO();
+ }
+ return pb.start();
+ }
+
+}