Maven: excluding java files in compilation

Question

I have a folder of java sources which I wish to exclude from the compilation.

My folder is under qa/apitests/src/main/java/api/test/omi.

I added

Answer 1

Adding an exclude as the other answers suggested worked for me, except the path shouldn't include "src/main/java":

  
    
      org.apache.maven.plugins
      maven-compiler-plugin
      
        
          com/filosync/store/StoreMain.java