Filtering Maven files into WEB-INF

Question

I am trying to add some filtering to the application context file, which resides in the WEB-INF directory.

I have the file which is to be filtered (xmlgateway-context.xml) in the folder /src/main/resources.

I have the properties files (config-e05.properties) in the folder src/main/filters

And I have the POM set up as follows:

<!-- environment profiles --> <profiles>  <profile>   <id>e04</id>   <properties>    <targetenv>e04</targetenv>   </properties>  </profile>  <profile>   <id>e05</id>   <properties>    <targetenv>e05</targetenv>   </properties>  </profile> </profiles>  <!-- build settings (filtering) --> <build>  <filters>   <filter>src/main/filters/config-${targetenv}.properties</filter>  </filters>  <resources>   <resource>    <targetPath>WEB-INF</targetPath>    <filtering>true</filtering>    <directory>src/main/resources</directory>   </resource>  </resources> </build> 

This will mvn install correctly, but when I open the output war file, I was expecting the file xmlgateway-context.xml to be in the /WEB-INF directory, but it ends up in the folder /WEB-INF/classes/WEB-INF.

How can I get this file into the right place.

Alternatively, can I put the application context into a different location and have it referenced there.

Answer 1

<plugins>     <plugin>         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>         <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>         <version>2.0.2</version>         <configuration>             <webResources>                 <resource>                     <directory>${basedir}/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF</directory>                     <filtering>true</filtering>                     <targetPath>WEB-INF</targetPath>                     <includes>                         <include>**/xmlgateway-context.xml</include>                      </includes>                 </resource>             </webResources>         </configuration>     </plugin> </plugins> 

Add the above to your pom.xml. EDIT: Just to explain what the above conf is doing. With this added, mvn is going to filter files under src/main/webapp/WEB-INF and in particular filter the included files xmlgateway-context.xml and after filtering it is going to push the files in WEB-INF folder (thats what the target tag is saying).

Update if something is not clear.

Answer 2

you should configure filtering via the maven war plugin: checkout these examples.