Feb 23, 2011

A POM to create a jar, but exclude the config file

Problem

I want to have a POM that will create a JAR file with all dependencies, but exclude src/main/resources/config.properties.

Solution

  1. Make a folder (not a source folder) in Eclipse called src/main/eclipse.
  2. Put the config file in the new folder.
  3. Add the folder to the class path by going into the Run Configuration.

Adding the folder to src/test/resources does not work unless src/test/resources is not a code folder.

I tried this, but somehow Maven always wants to move that file!

 <build>
 	<pluginManagement>
 		<plugins>
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.maven.apache.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
 				<version>2.4.3</version>
 			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</pluginManagement>
  	<resources>
  		<resource>
  			<directory>src/main/resources</directory>
  			<excludes>
  				<exclude>**/*.properties</exclude>
  			</excludes>
  		</resource>
  	</resources>
  	<plugins>
  		<plugin>
  			<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
            <configuration>
                <archive>
            		<manifestFile>src/main/resources/MANIFEST.MF</manifestFile>
          		</archive>
                <descriptorRefs>
                    <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
                </descriptorRefs>
        		<excludes>
        			<exclude>**/config.properties</exclude>
        		</excludes>
            </configuration>
  		</plugin>
  		<plugin>
        	<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        	<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
        	<version>2.7.2</version>
        	<configuration>
          		<skipTests>true</skipTests>
        	</configuration>
        </plugin>
        <plugin>
        	<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        	<artifactId>maven-resource-plugin</artifactId>
        	<version>2.4.3</version>
        </plugin>
  	</plugins>
  </build>

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