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Sujen
Sujen

Reputation: 1664

Maven Properties not referenced in properties file

I have some properties in my maven pom.xml.

<properties>
    <number>3</number>
    <age>38</age>
</properties>

(They are random properties)

In a properties file, lets call it resource.properties, I have the following:

value1 = ${number}
value2 = ${age}

When spring tries to read properties from this file, it cannot get the reference from ${number} saying that it cannot be found.

Why is this and how can I make it work? Or is doing this not possible at all.

EDIT: I have enabled filtering but still does not work. My resource is in the src/test/resources directory.

Here is the part of the pom where I enable filtering.

<build>
...
<resources>
      <resource>
          <directory>src/test/resources</directory>
          <filtering>true</filtering>
      </resource>       
  </resources>
...
</build>

Upvotes: 0

Views: 626

Answers (2)

Torsten
Torsten

Reputation: 6204

You should enable resource filtering for the maven resources plugin as shown below:

  ...
  <resource>
    <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
    <filtering>true</filtering>
  </resource>
  ...

See the Maven Resources Plugin section about filtering for details.

Upvotes: 1

Michael Pralow
Michael Pralow

Reputation: 6630

you need to tell maven which files it uses to replace placeholders e.g

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

see maven filter

Upvotes: 2

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