Read a file into a Maven property

Question

Is it possible to read a file and store the entire contents into a Maven property?

I\'m trying to generate some custom JavaDocs, and they have an option to set a hea

Answer 1

See this question on SO. And here is the properties-maven-plugin.

If you'd like not to use .properties file, than I can suggest to use the Groovy plugin and a small script that I've written:

  org.codehaus.gmaven
  gmaven-plugin
  1.4
  
    
      generate-resources
      
        execute
      
      
        
          header.html
        
        
          def file = new File(project.properties.header_file)
          project.properties.header_content = file.getText()
        
      
    
  

After execution of this plugin, you should be able to refer to ${header_content} property that contains header.html file contents.