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+/*
+    Copyright 2014 Wouter Danes
+
+    Licensed 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.
+
+*/
+
+package net.wouterdanes.docker.maven;
+
+import net.wouterdanes.docker.provider.model.ContainerStartConfiguration;
+import net.wouterdanes.docker.remoteapi.exception.DockerException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.LifecyclePhase;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.ResolutionScope;
+
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * This class is responsible for starting docking containers in the pre-integration phase of the maven build. The goal
+ * is called "start-containers"
+ */
+@Mojo(defaultPhase = LifecyclePhase.INTEGRATION_TEST, name = "run", threadSafe = true, requiresDirectInvocation = true)
+public class RunContainersMojo extends StartContainerMojo {
+
+    private static final int SLEEP = 500;
+
+    @Inject
+    public RunContainersMojo(List<ContainerStartConfiguration> containers) {
+        super(containers);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void doExecute() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
+        Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(new Thread(this::cleanUpStartedContainers));
+
+        super.doExecute();
+
+        getLog().info("Press Ctrl-C to stop the container...");
+        waitForUserInteraction();
+    }
+
+    private void waitForUserInteraction() {
+        while (true) {
+            try {
+                Thread.sleep(SLEEP);
+            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                throw new DockerException("Aborting container wait.", e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String getMojoGoalName() {
+        return "run";
+    }
+}
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