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Ryan R.
Ryan R.

Reputation: 2588

maven3 main resources vs test resources

"src/main/resources" vs "src/test/resources"

Do "src/main/resources" get copied to the classpath for tests or only "src/test/resources"? What is the best method to make my main resources also my test resources? Would like to avoid having duplicate config files sitting around.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2400

Answers (2)

rogerdpack
rogerdpack

Reputation: 66851

as a note, if you have a build/resources/* section of your pom which manually includes stuff, having that might mean the default src/main/resources are no longer included (i.e. by specifying something, you've lost the default).

So add this in also seemed to fix it:

  <resource>
    <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
  </resource>

Upvotes: 0

Charlee Chitsuk
Charlee Chitsuk

Reputation: 9069

Your understanding is correct. When you execute the mvn clean test, all java classes, test classes, main resources and test resources are generated/copied to the ${basedir}/target/classes and ${basedir}/target/test-classes. They are available on the classpath.

Normally the src/main/resources is a static which will be packed to our artifact. Anyhow they are some use cases that allow the actor to define their resources against our artifact. The src/test/resources comes to ensure this during the unit testing.

Not only this, but also, we can define any specific for unit testing at src/test/resources, e.g. arquillian configuration for javaee unit testing.

I hope this may help.

Upvotes: 3

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