How do I filter test resources in maven?

Question

I have the following pom.xml. When I run mvn clean resources:testResources, my test resources aren't being filtered (replacing placeholders in resources before they are put, in their modified form, into the output folder). Why?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"     xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>     <groupId>com.example</groupId>     <artifactId>foo</artifactId>     <version>0.0.1</version>     <packaging>jar</packaging>     <name>foo</name>      <dependencies>         <dependency>             <groupId>junit</groupId>             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>             <version>4.11</version>             <scope>test</scope>         </dependency>     </dependencies>      <build>         <resources>             <resource>                 <directory>src/test/resources</directory>                 <filtering>true</filtering>             </resource>         </resources>     </build> </project> 

Answer 1

The resources and resource elements are for the resources:resources goal. resources:testResources uses testResources and testResource elements.

The correct pom.xml is:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"     xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>     <groupId>com.example</groupId>     <artifactId>foo</artifactId>     <version>0.0.1</version>     <packaging>jar</packaging>     <name>foo</name>      <dependencies>         <dependency>             <groupId>junit</groupId>             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>             <version>4.11</version>             <scope>test</scope>         </dependency>     </dependencies>      <build>         <testResources>             <testResource>                 <directory>src/test/resources</directory>                 <filtering>true</filtering>             </testResource>         </testResources>     </build> </project>