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Reputation: 4584

Copying multiple resource directories to independent target directories with maven

The Maven resources plugin:

This goal requires that you configure the resources to be copied, and specify the outputDirectory.

Copy two (or more) external resource directories within the basedir to the build output directory using maven (see blah and uggh).

${basedir}/ 
  - pom.xml
  - blah/
  - uggh/
  - src/
    - main/..
    - test/..
  - target/
    - classes/..
    - blah/
    - uggh/

For example, given the directory structure above copy blah and uggh to the target directory using maven. It is easy to copy one or the other, however, the plugin only accepts a single outputDirectory. If you specify the target directory and both directories as resources, then the contents of each directory gets copied to target but not the directories themselves.

Additional use of the plugin overwrites the initial. Also, I've tried specifying the entire basedir and only including the desired directories. This does not copy anything.

Here is an example of copying a single directory:

  <plugin>
    <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>2.6</version>
    <executions>
      <execution>
        <id>copy-resources</id>
        <phase>validate</phase>
        <goals>
          <goal>copy-resources</goal>
        </goals>
        <configuration>
          <outputDirectory>${basedir}/target/blah</outputDirectory>
          <resources>
            <resource>
                <directory>blah</directory>
                <filtering>true</filtering>
            </resource>
          </resources>
        </configuration>
      </execution>
    </executions>
  </plugin>

Upvotes: 70

Views: 123161

Answers (9)

Marcoc1712
Marcoc1712

Reputation: 321

This is the simpler solution I've found and it's working...

<build>
    <plugins>
        <plugin>
            <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>2.7</version>
            <configuration>   
            </configuration>
        </plugin>
    </plugins> 
    <resources>
        <resource>
            <directory>${basedir}/src/main/java/org/mc2/mymusic/gui/main/Menu/resources</directory>
            <targetPath>${basedir}/target/classes/org/mc2/mymusic/gui/main/Menu/resources</targetPath>
            <filtering>false</filtering>
        </resource>
    </resources>  
</build>

Upvotes: 14

Oleksandr Bondarchuk
Oleksandr Bondarchuk

Reputation: 1053

If you want to copy more directories or files - a better option:

  <plugin>
    <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>2.6</version>
    <executions>
      <execution>
        <id>copy-resources</id>
        <phase>validate</phase>
        <goals>
          <goal>copy-resources</goal>
        </goals>
        <configuration>
          <tasks>
            <copy todir="${basedir}/target/blah" overwrite="true">
                 <fileset dir="blah"/>
            </copy>
            <copy file="${basedir}/target/blah/somefile"
                  todir="../target_webapp_eclaims/WEB-INF" overwrite="true"/>
          </tasks>
        </configuration>
      </execution>
    </executions>
  </plugin>

Upvotes: 0

Prabhu
Prabhu

Reputation: 21

Maven hides everything to make it easier to code. There are several ways you can achieve this.

  1. Edit the default execution in Resources plugin. (Easiest) This also can be written using include tag or different resources
  2. Write different executions in Resources plugin.
  3. Use Antrun plugin. (You might as well write the whole build in ant)
  4. Maven Copy-rename plugin.
  5. And many other ways that I am not mentioning here....

Edit the default plugin--

<resources>
    <resource>
        <directory>${basedir}<directory>
        <includes>
            <include>blah</include>
            <include>ughh</include>
        </includes>
    <resource>
<resources>
<plugins>
    <plugin>
        <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
        <configuration>
            <outputDirectory>${basedir}/target</outputDirectory>
        </configuration>
    </plugin>
</plugins>

Upvotes: 0

Felix Aballi
Felix Aballi

Reputation: 949

        <resources>
          <resource>
            <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
            <filtering>false</filtering>
            <targetPath>${basedir}/target</targetPath>
          </resource>
          <resource>
            <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
            <filtering>false</filtering>
            <targetPath>${basedir}/target/classes</targetPath>
          </resource>
       </resources>

    <plugins>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>3.6.1</version>
            <configuration>
                <source>1.8</source>
                <target>1.8</target>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>3.0.2</version>
            <configuration>
                <nonFilteredFileExtensions>
                    <nonFilteredFileExtension>jks</nonFilteredFileExtension>
                </nonFilteredFileExtensions>
                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <id>copy-resources-1</id>
                        <phase>validate</phase>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>copy-resources</goal>
                        </goals>
                    </execution>
                </executions>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>
   </plugins>

Maven - Copying resources into multiple targets

Upvotes: -1

hit3k
hit3k

Reputation: 1493

    <resources>
        <resource>
              <directory>${basedir}/src/scripts</directory>
              <includes>
                  <include>data-octopus.ps1</include>
              </includes>
              <targetPath>${basedir}/target/data</targetPath>
        </resource>
        <resource>
              <directory>${basedir}/src/scripts</directory>
              <includes>
                  <include>service-octopus.ps1</include>
              </includes>
              <targetPath>${basedir}/target/service</targetPath>
        </resource>
    </resources>

    </plugins>
        ...
    </plugins>

Upvotes: 4

Ricardo Veloso
Ricardo Veloso

Reputation: 141

You can use ant-style patterns

<plugin>
    <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>2.7</version>
    <executions>
        <execution>
            <id>copy-resources</id>
            <phase>validate</phase>
            <goals>
                <goal>copy-resources</goal>
            </goals>
            <configuration>
                <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}</outputDirectory>
                <resources>
                    <resource>
                        <directory>${basedir}</directory>
                        <includes>
                            <include>blah/**</include>
                            <include>uggh/**</include>
                        </includes>
                    </resource>
                </resources>
            </configuration>
        </execution>
    </executions>
</plugin>

Upvotes: 11

Boris Biryuchkov
Boris Biryuchkov

Reputation: 266

For me this one works well in Maven 3:

        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>2.5</version>
            <executions>
                <execution>
                    <id>custom-resources</id>
                    <phase>process-resources</phase>
                    <goals>
                        <goal>copy-resources</goal>
                    </goals>
                    <configuration>
                        <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}</outputDirectory>
                        <resources>                                        
                            <resource>
                                <targetPath>${basedir}/target/blah</targetPath>
                                <directory>blah</directory>
                                <filtering>true</filtering>
                            </resource>             
                            <resource>
                                <targetPath>${basedir}/target/uggh</targetPath>
                                <directory>uggh</directory>
                                <filtering>false</filtering>
                            </resource>              
                        <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
                    </configuration>            
                </execution>
            </executions>
        </plugin>

Upvotes: 23

Robert Scholte
Robert Scholte

Reputation: 12345

Reading your example I don't think you have to include&configure the maven-resource-plugin. Just add those resource-elements to the <build><resources/>-tag. See http://maven.apache.org/ref/3.1.1/maven-model/maven.html#class_resource which other tags you can use.

Upvotes: 3

Lee Meador
Lee Meador

Reputation: 12985

This is where the file ends up:

<outputDirectory>${basedir}/target/blah</outputDirectory>

This is where it is copied from:

<directory>src/main/otherresources</directory>

There would be an <include> or <includes> tag to tell the file name(s)

Multiples

You need multiple <execution>s with different <id>s for multiple folders:

  <plugin>
    <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>2.6</version>
    <executions>
      <execution>
        <id>copy-resources-1</id>
        <phase>validate</phase>
        <goals>
          <goal>copy-resources</goal>
        </goals>
        <configuration>
          <outputDirectory>${basedir}/target/blah</outputDirectory>
          <resources>
            <resource>
                <directory>blah</directory>
                <filtering>true</filtering>
            </resource>
          </resources>
        </configuration>
      </execution>
      <execution>
        <id>copy-resources-2</id>
        <phase>validate</phase>
        <goals>
          <goal>copy-resources</goal>
        </goals>
        <configuration>
          <outputDirectory>${basedir}/target/ughh</outputDirectory>
          <resources>
            <resource>
                <directory>ughh</directory>
                <filtering>true</filtering>
            </resource>
          </resources>
        </configuration>
      </execution>
    </executions>
  </plugin>

Upvotes: 107

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