Filter Resource Files

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• How do I filter resource files?

Example

Add the following to the pom.xml file:

<build>
  <resources>
    <resource>
      <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
      <filtering>true</filtering>
    </resource>
  </resources>
</build>

Create a properties file in src/main/resources:

pom.name=[${pom.name}]
pom.version=[${pom.version}]
pom.build.finalName=[${pom.build.finalName} ]
java.version=[${java.version}]

The name, version and other properties of your product will be inserted into the properties file.

Settings

Properties can be copied from the Maven 2 settings.xml file:

The contents of:

C:\Documents and Settings\Patrick Kimber\.m2\settings.xml

<settings>
  <activeProfiles>
    <activeProfile>build-howto-menu</activeProfile>
  </activeProfiles>
  <profiles>
    <profile>
      <id>build-howto-menu</id>
      <properties>
        <lucene.repository>/repository/lucene/my-memory</lucene.repository>
      </properties>
    </profile>
  </profiles>
</settings>

And the corresponding properties file:

lucene.repository=${lucene.repository}

Goal

If you want to filter the resource files but not build the project then you can run mvn process-resources rather than mvn package.