Does Maven have features like Gradle's 'compile project'?

Question

I'm using the compile project and compile functions in gradle to decide whether to get dependencies from a remote repository or build locally based on a profile.

    if (profile.equals("local")) {
        compile project(":module1")
        compile project(":module2")
    } else {
        compile('me.who.name:module1:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT')
        compile('me.who.name:module2:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT')
    }

But, in maven I didn't find a way to do the above.

Does Maven have features like Gradle's 'compile project'?

I don't want to use <parent/>

Answer 1

No, AFAIK Maven cannot do anything like that.

But maybe, if you elaborate on the problem behind your question, we might find a Maven solution for that.