Maven (Surefire): copy test resources from src/test/java
Maven's Surefire (testing) plugin mvn test-compile copies files in src/test/resources to target/test-classes . It compiles .java in src/test/java , and copies the compiled .class files to target/test-classes . But it doesn't copy resources from src/test/java , and it's more convenient to be able to put test resources in the same directory as the .java classes they are resources for, than in a parallel hierarchy in src/test/resources . Is it possible to get Maven to copy resources from src/test/java ? The resource copying is all done by the maven-resource-plugin, and if you read the doc thereof