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how to override maven-war-plugin source directory

I had old web application project. Then I added pom.xml, and add maven-war-plugin. In the old project sources were in "Java Resources/src"directory.

In my maven-war plugin I trying overriding default source directorie like this, but not working.

during compilation i see: `

[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-compiler-plugin:3.1:testCompile (default-testCompile) @ webproj ---
[INFO] No sources to compile
[INFO]

`

my pom.xml:

<plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>2.4</version>
            <executions>
                <execution>
                    <phase>compile</phase>
                    <goals>
                        <goal>exploded</goal>
                    </goals>
                </execution>
            </executions>
            <configuration>
                <webXml>WebContent\WEB-INF\web.xml</webXml>    
                <webappDirectory>WebContent</webappDirectory>
                <source>${project.basedir}\src</source>         
                <target>${maven.compiler.target}</target>
                <encoding>utf-8</encoding>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>
Solution

  • If you are planning to migrate to Maven, I suggest that you follow the Maven Standard Directory Layout. Consequently, you should move your source files to src/main/java, static resources like .properties files to the src/main/resources, and webapp resources like CSS and JavaScript files to src/main/webapp.