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pbhle
pbhle

Reputation: 2936

Is it necessary that properties file should be in resources folder in maven project?

In maven project is it necessary that all the properties file,xml files needs to be in resources folder.Means if I want my properties file is in src/main/java/com/search/search.properties then I need to put it in resources/com/search/search.properties.Is it necessary?

Because right now they are in java folder ,when I run maven project in hosted mode it runs properly. But when I create war it does not include that properties file in war/web-inf/classes/com/search/search.properties.

When I put it in resources/com/search/search.properties then and then only it include it in war folder.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 185

Answers (2)

appbootup
appbootup

Reputation: 9537

It really depends on how you manage things. By default maven takes care if you use src/main/resources.

Also just verify that you have correct include/exclude tags in your resource tag under build.

<build>
        <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/${project.artifactId}/WEB-INF/classes</outputDirectory>
        <finalName>${project.artifactId}</finalName>
        <resources>
            <resource>
                <directory>src/main/java</directory>
                <includes>
                    <include>**/*</include>
                </includes>
            </resource>
            <resource>
                <directory>src/main/resources/</directory>
                <includes>
                    <include>**/*.xml</include>
                    <include>**/*.properties</include>
                </includes>
            </resource>
        </resources>
<build>

Upvotes: 0

Saeed Zarinfam
Saeed Zarinfam

Reputation: 10190

According to the Maven standard directory layout you have to put Application/Library related resources into src/main/resources, if you do not do this, when maven want to package your application (War, Jar or ...) only copy resource in src/main/resources into your package.

Upvotes: 1

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