Reading properties file from Maven POM file

Question

I have Maven POM file with some configuration and in the section plugins, I have maven tomcat plugin with some configuration like this:

Answer 1

Complete working example available at: http://hg.defun.work/exp/file/tip/maven/properties

Here essential part of pom.xml:

  
    org.codehaus.mojo
    properties-maven-plugin
    1.0-alpha-2
    
      
        initialize
        
          read-project-properties
        
      
    
    
      
        dev.properties
      
    
  

  
    org.apache.maven.plugins
    maven-antrun-plugin
    1.6
    
      
        compile
        
          run
        
        
          
            project.build.sourceEncoding is "${project.build.sourceEncoding}"
            foo is "${foo}"
            with-spaces is "${with-spaces}"
            existent.property is "${existent.property}"
            nonexistent.property is "${nonexistent.property}"
          
        
      
    
  

As you can see properties-maven-plugin still at alpha stage, that is why I hate Maven as build tools...