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How do I filter test resources in maven?


I have the following pom.xml. When I run mvn clean resources:testResources, my test resources aren't being filtered (replacing placeholders in resources before they are put, in their modified form, into the output folder). Why?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <groupId>com.example</groupId>
    <artifactId>foo</artifactId>
    <version>0.0.1</version>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>
    <name>foo</name>

    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>junit</groupId>
            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
            <version>4.11</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>

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

Solution

  • The resources and resource elements are for the resources:resources goal. resources:testResources uses testResources and testResource elements.

    The correct pom.xml is:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
        <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
        <groupId>com.example</groupId>
        <artifactId>foo</artifactId>
        <version>0.0.1</version>
        <packaging>jar</packaging>
        <name>foo</name>
    
        <dependencies>
            <dependency>
                <groupId>junit</groupId>
                <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
                <version>4.11</version>
                <scope>test</scope>
            </dependency>
        </dependencies>
    
        <build>
            <testResources>
                <testResource>
                    <directory>src/test/resources</directory>
                    <filtering>true</filtering>
                </testResource>
            </testResources>
        </build>
    </project>