How to disable certain enforcer rules in a child module in a multi-module maven project?

I am using a maven-enforcer plugin in a multi-module maven project. Let's say my project structure is like below

main
  - query
  - storage

My enforcer plugin in main pom looks like below

<build>
<plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>3.0.0-M2</version>
                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <id>default</id>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>enforce</goal>
                        </goals>
                        <configuration>
                            <rules>
                                <DependencyConvergence/>
                                <requireJavaVersion>
                                    <version>[1.8,)</version>
                                    <message>*** This project requires JDK 1.8/J2SE 8 or later. ***</message>
                                </requireJavaVersion>
                            </rules>
                            <fail>true</fail>
                        </configuration>
                    </execution>
                </executions>
            </plugin>
</builds>

In a child module (query) if I need to disable one of the enforcer rules (let's say DependencyConvergence) can someone let me know how can this be done?

Maven Version - 3.6.1

AFAIK you cannot disable a single enforcer rule.

You can set enforcer.skip to true -- this disables all enforcer rules.

What I have done in a similar situation:

I have defined my own enforcer rule which inherited from an "official" enforcer rule. This enforcer rule contained a switch to disable it.

This is also answered in the maven mailing list.

> So something like the following if all configuration is managed via a
> pluginMangement section;
>
> <build><pluginManagement><plugins>
> <plugin>
> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
> <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
> <version>3.0.0-M2</version>
> <executions>
> <execution>
> <id>alpha</id>
> <phase></phase>
> <goals>
> <goal>enforce</goal>
> </goals>
> <configuration>
> <rules>
> <DependencyConvergence/>
> <requireJavaVersion>
> <version>[1.8,)</version>
> <message>*** This project requires
> JDK 1.8/J2SE 8 or later. </message>
> </requireJavaVersion>
> </rules>
> <fail>true</fail>
> </configuration>
> </execution>
> <execution>
> <id>bravo</id>
> <phase></phase>
> <goals>
> <goal>enforce</goal>
> </goals>
> <configuration>
> <rules>
> <requireJavaVersion>
> <version>[1.8,)</version>
> <message> This project requires
> JDK 1.8/J2SE 8 or later. </message>
> </requireJavaVersion>
> </rules>
> <fail>true</fail>
> </configuration>
> </execution>
> </executions>
> </plugin>
> <plugins>
> <plugin>
> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
> <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
> <executions>
> <execution>
> <id>alpha</id>
> <phase>validate</phase>
> </execution>
> </executions>
> </plugin>
> </plugins></builds>
>
> query/pom.xml
>
> <build><plugins>
> <plugin>
> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
> <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
> <executions>
> <execution>
> <id>alpha</id>
> <phase></phase>
> </execution>
> <execution>
> <id>bravo</id>
> <phase>validate</phase>
> </execution>
> </executions>
> </plugin>
> </executions>
> </plugin>
> </plugins></builds>
>
> you might also be able to do it via a property and in query define the
> bravo execution instead of the alpha. I've used a similar technique
> with maven-surefire-plugin, where i define the plugin version using a
> property and have a default in the root/parent pom, and in one
> specific child pom i define a different surefire version. so this
> might work...
>
> <build><pluginManagement><plugins>
> <plugin>
> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
> <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
> <version>3.0.0-M2</version>
> <executions>
> <execution>
> <id>alpha</id>
> <phase></phase>
> <goals>
> <goal>enforce</goal>
> </goals>
> <configuration>
> <rules>
> <DependencyConvergence/>
> <requireJavaVersion>
> <version>[1.8,)</version>
> <message> This project requires
> JDK 1.8/J2SE 8 or later. </message>
> </requireJavaVersion>
> </rules>
> <fail>true</fail>
> </configuration>
> </execution>
> <execution>
> <id>bravo</id>
> <phase></phase>
> <goals>
> <goal>enforce</goal>
> </goals>
> <configuration>
> <rules>
> <requireJavaVersion>
> <version>[1.8,)</version>
> <message> This project requires
> JDK 1.8/J2SE 8 or later. ***</message>
> </requireJavaVersion>
> </rules>
> <fail>true</fail>
> </configuration>
> </execution>
> </executions>
> </plugin>
> <plugins>
> <plugin>
> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
> <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
> <executions>
> <execution>
> <id>${which-enforcer-id}</id>
> <phase>validate</phase>
> </execution>
> </executions>
> </plugin>
> </plugins></builds>
> <properties>
> <which-enforcer-id>alpha</which-enforcer-id>
> </properties>
>
> query/pom.xml
>
> <properties>
> <which-enforcer-id>bravo</which-enforcer-id>
> </properties>
>
> John