Maven - Add directory to classpath while executing tests

Question

The Junits I have in my project need to load property files from the classpath. How can I specify the directory of those property files so that Maven will set that in the cl

Answer 1

The maven-resources-plugin has a copy-resources goal that will allow you to copy resources. For example:

  
    org.apache.maven.plugins
    maven-resources-plugin
    2.6
    
      
        additional-resources
        process-test-resources
        
          copy-resources
        
        
          ${project.build.testOutputDirectory}
          
            
              ${project.basedir}/conf
            
          
        
      
    
  

This will copy the contents of the conf folder in the base of your project to the target/test-classes folder (unless you modified project.build.testOutputDirectory) which will be added to the classpath during your unit tests.