Maven - how to include empty directories

Question

By default during the build process maven is removing the empty directories.
Do you know if a parameter can be specified in the pom to instruct maven to include empty di

Answer 1

According to this ticket MRESOURCES-36, there should be a element, but only for Maven Resources Plugin 2.3.

  org.apache.maven.plugins
  maven-resources-plugin
  2.3
  
    true
  

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For Maven versions which included an older version of the Resources plugin:

Until this issue is fixed, here is a workaround I've been using successfully.
Add this plugin element into project/build/plugins in your pom.xml, and change the dir in the mkdir task.

You can have multiple elements for multiple directories. The mkdir task does nothing if the directory has already been copied by the resources plugin.

  org.apache.maven.plugins
  maven-antrun-plugin
  
    
      create-empty-directory
      process-classes
      
        run
      
      
        
          
        
      
    
  

This originally came from the openejb-standalone pom.xml in the openejb project.